Cavalcade was a show with a dual purpose. On the surface its job was to sell America by dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation's history. But its real purpose was to stem the tide of criticism directed at its longtime sponsor, the Du Pont Company, in the years after World War I. The du Ponts had been branded "merchants of death" because of the huge profits the company had made with gunpowders in the war. The company had a long tradition in America; its first plant was established near Wilmington, Del. in 1802. It was still family-controlled, and its directors were sensitive to charges of profiteering in wartime.
( John Dunning )
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