Michigan's WW1 Centennial News Report September 2014

September 2014

US 1257X Cadillac  in the World War

US 1257X is a historically significant car because of the following reasons:
1) Used during the Great War as a support vehicle for the American Expeditionary Force by the Y.M.C.A.
2) Historical significance of its owner Rev. Dr. John H. Denison and the fact that it was used to driven Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. around France for the Y.M.C.A.
3) Significance of the design and construction of the vehicle, it features a V 8 engine, type 51, the first mass produce V 8 engine
4) It has many remaining original parts and paint from the Great War
Learn about this significant car and its history when it came to Michigan.