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Philadelphia’s Little Italy Responds to Its Motherland’s Declaration of War in 1915
By May 1915, anticipation and apprehension had visibly increased within the Italian colony of Philadelphia. As the Chamber of Deputies in Rome deliberated the decision that would bring their nation to war, Philadelphia’s Italians gathered [...]
Did you know? The first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize is from Illinois, and served in World War I?
Jane Addams was a loud and outspoken opponent to World War I. “The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common [...]
Story of South Dakota WWI Private Written by Mount Marty University Professor Airs on National TV
YANKTON, SD — A widespread lack of understanding around the global impact of World War I and life at the time in rural South Dakota inspired Mount Marty University (MMU) history professor, Dr. Rich Lofthus, [...]
UALR researchers aid in effort to ID Native Americans who served in WWI; long-overdue medals sought for vets
Sequoyah center working to right a historical wrong Native American soldiers deserving of honors for their World War I service could soon receive those decorations thanks in part to work being done at the University [...]
Lost Histories of the Great War
Veterans Day came earlier this month, a public holiday that under the name of Armistice Day had originally celebrated the end of the First World War, itself then known as the Great War to those [...]
New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I – Who Knew?
. . . that in the early morning hours of November 17, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Connecticut welcomed the German submarine Deutschland into New London. The Deutschland was one of the first seven U-151 class [...]
Celebrating American Nurses During World War I
I have a special place in my heart for nurses because my mom was a nurse back in the 1980s. She worked in the ER of our local hospital for a while and then became [...]
UA Little Rock researcher uncovers history of American Indian nurses in World War I
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher has made it her mission to uncover the history of American Indian women who served as Army nurses during World War I. Dr. [...]
Medieval World War I Trench Weapons
From trench maces to knuckle dusters, the truly medieval weapons employed by trench raiders in World War I were employed in some of the most brutal combat seen in the 20th century. In today’s article, [...]
