Collection SearchDate Established1917Date Abolished1919Agency HistoryWhen the United States joined World War I in 1917 the federal government and each individual state formed Councils of Defense. Arizona's Council of Defense was staffed almost entirely by volunteers and spearheaded activities ranging from household economy to save scarce food, to increasing production of goods needed by the troops, to "Americanization" of Arizonans born outside the US. The Arizona Council of Defense were disbanded at the end of the war in 1919.CollectionArizona State Government PublicationsEventWorld War ITopicMilitary
