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Upstate volunteers work to preserve WWI history with memorial park
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - After three years of pushing for change, a group of Upstate volunteers is one step closer to creating a memorial park to honor the legacy of a lesser-known division [...]
Protecting the Lines: Telephone Operators and Security during World War I
In March 1918, Catherine Schmid was arrested for violating the U.S. espionage act. In her possession was a trunk supposedly containing plans and photographs of various U.S. defenses, which, according to the El Paso Herald, [...]
The Founding of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: A Story about Service, Sacrifice and Love
Founded in 1928 and Congressionally Chartered in 1984, American Gold Star Mothers began their mission of serving Veterans when the United States entered World War I in 1917 The Story of Our Founder – Grace Darling [...]
Emigration and World War 1 – Swedish born soldiers in The American Expeditionary Forces
Swedish born soldiers in the Great War? It is interesting to ask why and how Swedish born individuals ended up participating in the Great War during 1914 to 1918. Sweden, as a country, was neutral [...]
The reburial of a WWI American Airman in France
On September 15, 2024, a rare event will occur in northeastern France. The remains of a downed American pilot will be reburied in the small village of Chevière, Ardennes. Captain Hamilton Coolidge, was a pilot [...]
Renee Messelin: Out of the Shadows After a Century
Sometimes people hide who they are. Sometimes they hide because society limits their choices. What follows is the story of a woman who hid so effectively that her heritage remained in shadows for over a [...]
Honor a beloved veteran with a special tribute of ‘Taps’ at the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Those beautiful, slow, peaceful bugle notes. Every American knows them as the military’s special musical way of saying, “Now it is time to rest.” And every member of the U.S. Armed Forces knows that heavenly [...]
How machine guns on World War I biplanes never hit the propeller
Was it the gun that was designed to fire through the propeller, or the propeller designed to be used with the biplane machine gun? There was a lot of new technology brought to the battlefield [...]
The Tragic Story of WWI Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Charles Sanford Morrison
This extraordinary painting depicting an American soldier charging “over the top” was painted in 1918 by Corporal Charles Santford Morrison, Company L, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division. Morrison was overseas from June 5th, 1918, until [...]
