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Letters from an American: November 11, 2025
In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh [...]
Remembrance Sunday: Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I
The number of Irish-born soldiers who died in World War I while serving the United States Army is actually three times higher than previous estimates, claimed one genealogist. Megan Smolenyak, the genealogist who traced [...]
Remembering the World War I Generation This Veterans Day
Although Veterans Day began as a celebration of the Armistice of 1918, World War I is no longer a part of the American imagination. Instead, Americans (and the West more broadly) look to World [...]
Rescued From a WWI Battlefield, This Dog Became Hollywood’s Biggest Star and Saved Warner Bros. From Bankruptcy
On Sept. 15, 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan walked through the bombed-out ruins of a German camp near Flirey, France. There, he found a kennel that housed military-working dogs meant for the German army. Most were [...]
Veterans Day’s roots in World War I: Why Nov. 11 remains sacred | Opinion
Veterans Day honors those men and women who have donned the uniform in service to the nation. Yet, November 11th has somber origins as it signifies the armistice which halted the carnage of World War [...]
Sunday Editorial: The origins of Veterans Day
While American’s recognize the service of prior members of the United States Armed Forces on Veterans Day, many American’s are unaware as to the origins of the federal holiday and the significance it holds [...]
Forgotten Comrades of Henry Johnson & Neadom Roberts
History is written by the victors, as the old saying goes. And so, the famous story of the fight of two men of the 369th US Infantry against upwards of twenty-four Germans along the [...]
War on Film: the American Cinema and World War I, 1914-1941
War on Film: The American Cinema and World War I 1914-1941 offers a fascinating window into how early 20th-century filmmakers grappled with the realities and myths of one of the most transformative conflicts in modern [...]
This Day in History: World War I Hero Lt Vail’s Courageous Actions
On this day in 1918, a United States Army Air Service pilot engages in an action that would earn him a Distinguished Service Cross. William “Bill” Vail was then flying a Spad fighter plane [...]
