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Arms Of The Mail Guard Marines
In the post-World War I "Roaring Twenties" the U.S. Marines made sure the U.S. Mail got through. During the past 250 years, the United States Marine Corps has admirably defended the liberty of our [...]
The Evolution of a Doughboy Reenactor
“How did you get started?” Hands down the most common question I get asked at any event I go to. Well, from a young age I was fascinated by military history and its evolution [...]
Tracing Family Roots: Moving to Explore Ancestors’ WWI Experiences
Some people move for jobs, others for love. But a small, curious group packs up boxes for something else – an echo. They move to explore ancestors’ WWI experiences, following faint stories across borders [...]
Women’s Work: Honoring All Who Served, from the Hello Girls to Today’s Women Veterans
Generations of American women have shown what it means to serve their country. 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) paying tribute to female soldiers, 2020 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexis Washburn-Jasinski, Picryl) [...]
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 [...]
