Flying Squadron of America

For other uses of "Flying Squadron", see Flying Squadron (disambiguation).
Flying Squadron Lecturers in Indiana, 1914

The Flying Squadron of America (sometimes called Hanly's Flying Squadron) was a temperance organization that staged a nationwide campaign to promote the temperance movement in the United States. It was informally organized by J. Frank Hanly after the National Temperance Council, and its goal was prohibition,[1] specifically "A Saloonless Nation by 1920" as its member Ira Landrith stated[2] The Squadron was a non-political and inter-denominational organization.[3] In its members' own words, their "immediate and sole object is the inauguration and execution of a great forward movement for the national destruction of the liquor traffic."[4]

  1. ^ "Flying Squadron of America: Fighting for Prohibition". www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org. 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. ^ Landrith, Ira (1915). "Hurled Verbal Bombs at the Saloon", Continent Vol. 46. McCormick Publishing Company.
  3. ^ "The Burlington Free Press 21 Jan 1915, page Page 7". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  4. ^ "Nashville Banner 18 Sep 1914, page 14". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-05-22.