{"id":326,"date":"2017-04-17T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/wwiposters\/?p=326"},"modified":"2017-04-24T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T16:51:21","slug":"we-dont-know-where-were-going-but-were-on-our-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/wwiposters\/2017\/04\/we-dont-know-where-were-going-but-were-on-our-way\/","title":{"rendered":"We Don\u2019t Know Where We\u2019re Going But We\u2019re On Our Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We Don\u2019t Know Where We\u2019re Going But We\u2019re On Our Way,<\/i><\/b> 1917<\/p>\n

W.R. Williams (Composer and Lyricist); Frank Henri Klickmann, 1885-1966 (Arranger); William Austin Starmer, 1872-1955 (Illustrator); Will Rossiter, Chicago (Publisher)<\/p>\n

Song Sheet, lithograph on paper<\/p>\n

On loan from the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina<\/p>\n

In 1898, humorist Finley Peter Dunne created the Irish character of Mr. Dooley in response to a battle in the Spanish-American War. Mr. Dooley, who gave his witty takes on political and social issues, was a national phenomenon. His phrase \u201cWe don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going, but we\u2019re on our way\u201d became a mainstream reaction to American intervention. Still used in common parlance by World War I, songwriter W.R. Williams turns the phrase from one of negativity surrounding foreign engagements to one of confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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