Happy 4th, everyone!
Photo courtesy of the Harris and Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress.
In 1919, the Embassy of the Netherlands entered this float in the National Independence Day Parade. It looks almost real enough to set sail on the Potomac. Alas, these seafarers had just half a ship.
The Netherlands is one of the oldest United States allies, with ties dating back to the American Revolution. The Netherlands embassy of today is located at 4200 Linnean Avenue.
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David Jonas Bardin says
In 1919, The Netherlands had been a neutral country throughout World War I — unlike the USA that had joined the Allied side which included British, French, and Russian Empires and Italy and, I believe, Belgium and (perhaps) Japanese Empire.
Our adversary, the German Kaiser, had escaped to The Netherlands.
Was the Embassy trying to overcome something in 1919?