True American Patriot
On May 12, 1898, During The Spanish-American War, U.S. Navy Warships Bombard San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
While fighting for civil rights, Alice was a prominent patriot who aided the US war effort every opportunity she got. She helped recruit soldiers for the 1898 Spanish-American War, and when 15,000 troops passed through Muskogee to pursue Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa who had staged a guerilla attack on an American border town, she handed out homemade food packages to the soldiers.
Robertson continued aiding the American army when the US entered World War I. Her lifelong dedication to serving her country continued as she fed upwards of 600 people a day in her restaurant in the post-war years. The typically-nonconformist activist grew food on her farm and owned a restaurant out of which she ran her political campaigns.