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This Day in Minnesota History

January 10, 1941

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Charles A. Lindbergh is the featured speaker at a large America First rally in Minneapolis. The America First Committee promoted US isolationism during the years leading up to World War II. Lindbergh's anti-war activity reduced his stature in many people's eyes, but after war was declared he would dedicate himself to the battle for victory, flying fifty missions in the Pacific.

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