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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 [...]
Campus Memorials Pay Tribute to Cornellians Lost in Wartime
Those who made the ultimate sacrifice are remembered throughout the Hill—in stone, bronze, glass, and even greenery he University’s War Memorial, commemorating Cornellians who perished in World War I—then known as the Great War—was [...]
May 18, 1917: Wilson signs Selective Service Act amid WWI
On this date in history: In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that determined "separate but equal" racial policies are constitutional. While the ruling was never explicitly overruled, [...]
From Our Eyes – Tracing History and Ideology: A WIRE Research Journey with the DAR in World War I
This edition of From Our Eyes features Amala Rajagopal (‘25 History and Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies minor), one of the 11 student fellows who participated in the inaugural Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE) during Interterm 2025. This immersive program provided [...]
