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Why World War I History Is Hidden in Plain Sight Across Philadelphia
A trunk left behind in a rowhouse attic. A faded ribbon tucked into a family Bible. A bronze plaque half-covered by ivy near a corner store. These are the kinds of things that turn [...]
Remembering the Great War: “I see the scars all over Europe and America, elegantly dressed.”
All summer, I’d find myself faced with WWI memorials. I notice them everywhere & they mean so much to me since, blessedly, the Doughboy Foundation woke me up. It was Dan Dayton who saw me [...]
The Americans Who Flew for France
On a French airfield in 1916, you might have found two lion cubs named Whiskey and Soda padding between the tents, and a group of young Americans who had crossed an ocean to fight [...]
American Dreadnoughts at War
The legendary Great White Fleet, which sailed around the world from December 1907 to February 1909, had many achievements but came up short on one of President Theodore Roosevelt's list of objectives. In the [...]
WWI, Ada Kepley and Patriotism
Visitors to the Effingham County Museum can learn much about a person who is a major figure in women's history, whether locally, nationally or globally. There are displays on the walls, in glass cabinets, [...]
Unusual burial record leads Netherlands father, son on international search for info on WWI soldier from Lilly
LILLY, Pa. – A partial grave marker from a former World War I cemetery in France led a Netherlands father and son down a rabbit hole of unusual circumstances regarding the burial of Lilly [...]
4 Brutal World War I Trench Weapons That Look Horrifying Today
World War I placed modern armies inside cramped trench systems where a full-length rifle could become awkward and noisy gunfire might expose a raiding party. Soldiers often relied on compact weapons built for close, sudden [...]
Discovering the legacy of my great-grandfather’s Navy Yard service
The recent nationwide celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary allowed me the chance to reflect upon the extraordinary legacy of my great-grandfather John Faulkner who worked as a carpenter at the Philadelphia Navy Yard following [...]
World War I and America
This article explains why the United States stayed neutral at first, what pushed it into World War I, how it fought, what changed at home, and why the peace split the country. America entered [...]
