The Disney family lived in Chicago until Walt was four years old. Elias sold the property and the family moved to Marceline, Missouri, where Walt's uncle had purchased land.
After the Disney family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1911, they returned to Chicago in 1917 because Elias bought stock in the O-Zell Company. Back in Chicago, Walt attended McKinley High School where he drew patriotic cartoons about World War I for the school's newspaper. As his love for drawing continued to grow, Walt took night courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1918, like most young men Walt tried to join the United States Army to fight the Germans but was to young to enlist. Later in September of that year, he joined the Red Cross after forging the date on his birth certificate. While in France as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross, he continued to draw cartoons. In 1919, he returned to Kansas City and the rest is history.Recently, the house where Walt and Roy O. Disney were born has been renovated to look like it did in 1893 when Elias Disney completed it. The home is a historic landmark for Disney fans and is a must see. It is a place where the entire Disney family spent time together and was the formative years in Walt and Roy's young lives. While most connect Marecline, Missouri to Walt Disney, we should never forget this house where he was born and raised by Flora and Elias Disney.
Trivia:
Q: In December 1903, Elias and Flora Disney had their fifth child, what was his/her name?
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More information about the restoration for Walt and Roy O. Disney's birthplace:
http://www.thewaltdisneybirthplace.org/
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