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Manitowoc County Historical Society & Pinecrest Village to host WWI encampment May 31-June 1
The event runs 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 31 and June 1. MANITOWOC – A World War I encampment will be featured at Manitowoc County Historical Society and Pinecrest Village from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 31 and [...]
Veterans of Four Different Wars from the Same Town of Geary, Oklahoma, 1940s
We can only imagine the horrors seen and shared between the four of these men. They all have the stare and you can see it gradually getting worse in their eyes as they get [...]
Not Completely Unprepared—The U.S. Military before World War I
"America was completely unprepared for the war." You've probably seen some form of this statement in your readings. The statistics seem to fully support this. On 1 April 1917, the U.S. had 5,791 officers [...]
KC’s WWI Museum employs tech used at Vegas Sphere to bring war stories to life
The National WWI Museum and Memorial has undergone some big changes over the last three years. The latest is a one-of-a-kind, immersive exhibit to its already loaded walls. Encounters, the new exhibit, uses storytelling bolstered by [...]
Avon American Legion Post Honors Fallen WWI Soldier, Joseph Gallipeau
The Joseph Gallipeau American Legion Post 294 named the Avon Post for Joseph Gallipeau, an Avon resident killed in action in France in 1918. His bio will be presented at the Memorial Day Ceremony [...]
Western Front Association East Coast Branch to Host Spring Symposium on 7 June
The East Coast Branch of the Western Front Association will host its annual Spring Symposium on 7 June at the Maryland Veterans Museum, 11000 Crain Highway, Newburg, Maryland. The Western Front Association was formed [...]
The Long Way to Tipperary From Guanajuato
It was not unusual to hear my father singing or whistling while he worked in his garden at our home in South Central Los Angeles. It wasn’t until I started researching my father’s life [...]
The U.S. Housing Corporation built nearly 300 homes in Bremerton, Wash., during World War I
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing crisis In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. [...]
World War I: The First Modern War That Changed Humanity (1914–1918)
If you thought 2020 was bad, imagine a year so cursed it set off a chain reaction of death, mud, and monarchy-toppling that would reshape the planet. That year was 1914. The place? Europe — a [...]
