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Upcoming Cycling Trip Along the Western Front Way UPDATE
Update: Follow the group's bicycle journey Along the Western Way on their CycleBlaze Journal here starting August 28. Originally published: June 24, 2026 In the Somme River region in France and in the Flanders region in [...]
Carey’s Force in the Somme: The Shrapnel-Dented Helmet of Fred Bachle, 6th Engineer Regiment, 3rd Division
This is the moderately-dented British Mark I helmet worn by Sergeant (Acting Sergeant 1st Class) Fred Bachle of Company B, 6th Engineer Regiment, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Bachle was part of "Carey's Force", [...]
Americans in the Canadian Army?
How about an entire brigade? When you write historical fiction, sometimes you paint yourself into a corner, and while resolving a plot issue, you discover a bit of hidden history. In my novel, The [...]
The Boston Navy Yard in the First World War: The Ships and the Boats
Over the years, the Boston Navy Yard (also known as the Charlestown Navy Yard) earned the reputation of being a renowned repair yard for the US Navy. At this yard, workers repaired many more ships [...]
Alloways Creek ship graveyard holds hidden WWI history
Alloways Creek ship graveyard is a line of 18 World War I wooden steamships. Located in Salem County, southwestern New Jersey, and flowing into the Delaware River, Alloways Creek meanders for 23.2 miles. The [...]
20 Images and Facts From World War I
World War I is often reduced to a handful of familiar images: soldiers in trenches, enormous artillery pieces, and battlefields covered in mud. The reality was much broader and, in many ways, stranger than [...]
For sale at Richmond marina: One of the last surviving WWI boats. Needs work.
“It’s a big project.” That’s how Matt Harris describes the USS Katie, a wooden boat docked at the Richmond Yacht Basin about 10 miles south of the city. The Katie doesn’t look like much at first [...]
Brighter Days Ahead: The Actions of Harry F. Kelly During the First World War
On April 29th, 1918, the Morris Herald News reported that Mary and Henry Kelly had officially been notified in a telegram that their eldest son, Harry F. Kelly, had been seriously wounded in France. [...]
Getting Those World War I Naval Mutinies Straight
(Note: I'm pretty sure that some of our readers share my difficulty in sorting out the causes of the Russian and two German Naval mutinies of the Great War. Through the miracle of the [...]
