Loading ...Melting Pot Ceremony at Ford English School, July 4, 1917 Summary
In 1914 Ford Motor Company established the Ford English School, where the automaker’s diverse immigrant employees could learn the English language and take civics lessons in preparation for becoming U.S. citizens. At the graduation ceremony, students wearing clothing from their native countries descended into a large “American Melting Pot” and emerged wearing homogenous suits and waving American flags