“I … yearn once more for the strenuous life”: Mary Helen Fee, teacher, writer, WWI canteen worker.
Mary Helen Fee was born in October 1864 in Quincy, [...]
How lessons from the First World War could help Ukraine in the war
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, the [...]
The mystery on the Western Front
One of the main reasons for working with my research [...]
The Harlem Hellfighters: A Legacy of Lasting Impact
NEW YORK - In the past few years, the name [...]
How American Intelligence Was Born in the Trenches of World War I
The Great War forced the US to create a modern [...]
Portraits of War: Two Mississippi Doughboys in France, 1918
Finding vintage photography to post to the site that has [...]
Iowa, USA, and the Great War
In the early 20th century, Iowa was an even more [...]
America’s First Women Soldiers of WWI Deserve the Congressional Gold Medal
Over 100 years ago, Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of [...]
East Tennessee Love Letters that Crossed Oceans: A WWI Story of Patriotism, Courage and Devotion
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The McClung Historical Collection was sent a [...]
Survival and Rescue at Sea: The First Mission of Ensign Kenneth R. Smith, USN
Newly commissioned Kenneth Smith was a 1917 graduate of Yale [...]
