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Ogden Driggs had a very eventful trip to Europe when he was a
boy.Why did his family have to leave Continental Europe in a
hurry, and what famous person came home to America on the same
ship? The Driggs family had to leave Paris because the Germans
had invaded France. They spent six months in England before
returning to the US on Feb. 23, 1915 on the S.S. St Paul. Robert
Frost and family were also on the ship. Ogden Driggs was aboard
the St. Paul when it returned to NYC 13 Feb. 1915. Poet Robert
Frost and his family were also aboard. I'm guessing the quick
return was due to the outbreak of WWI. Correction: Arrival date
was the 23rd of Feb. Ogden Driggs traveled on the USS St. Paul
from Liverpool, leaving Great Britain on 13 Feb 1915, along with
poet Robert Frost & family. Just 3 days before, Germany had
declared all waters surrounding Great Britain as a war zone.
Interesting enough, Driggs also traveled as a boy from the
Phillipines, via Havana,