Springfield, Massachusetts, native Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, produced cartoons for the U.S. military during World War II.The city had a much more direct effect on the war effort as the home of the Springfield Armory.The armory once inspired a poetry far different from that of Dr. Seuss:This is the Arsenal.From floor to ceiling, like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms;But from their silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the villages with strange alarms.Poet [...]
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