#in the 1910's he was working in the meat packing industry in Chicago

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Probably my most unpopular Alfred headcanon is that he didn't participate in the roaring 20's at all because he was busy being a farmer in Oklahoma that decade

#hws america #aph america #Hetalia #it serves narrative purpose in my mind #I headcanon that from about 1835 to 1930 actually wasn't getting paid by the U.S government #and was bouncing from state to state taking human jobs to make ends meet #in the 1910's he was working in the meat packing industry in Chicago #but when he got involved with union organizing for that industry he ended up having to skip town to avoid an FBI raid #flees to Rural Oklahoma and changes his name from Alphonsus Kirkland to Alfred Jones #and this sets him up to be in the middle if the dust bowl in the 30's (a historical period I find much more interesting than the 20's) #the dust bowl causes him to move out to California where he works as a seasonal farm laborer for a while #and then when FDR becomes president putting Alfred back on payroll gets lumped into his social welfare reform #and Alfred finally gets a hand in his own government again #and yeah I know no one else in the fandom agrees with this #but you know #my blorbo and my blog so I'll say what I want