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How Soldiers at Fort Riley Helped Spread the Spanish Flu Pandemic During WWI
In the winter of 1918, an illness was spreading in Haskell County, Kansas.The remote farming community in the state's southwestern corner sat roughly 300 miles from anywhere most Americans would recognize. Its residents raised hogs, [...]
From Isolation to Influence: How WWI Reshaped America’s Global Standing
It's easy to think of World War I as a distant conflict, a European affair that eventually drew in the United States. But looking back, it's clear that this "Great War" was a pivotal [...]
The Power of Sweetness: Memories of Chocolate During Wartime
Beginning in World War I, chocolate bars were included in military field rations. Beginning in World War I, chocolate bars were included in military field rations.If you’re reading this in the wake of Valentine’s [...]
Thomas Edison’s World War One
Science is going to make war a terrible thing–too terrible to contemplate. Thomas Edison, October 1915 Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) is revered as America's greatest inventor. While also a highly successful businessman, he is [...]
An Analysis of How Frequently Students Engage in Research on World War I
There's something curious happening in academic libraries and online databases. World War I, that massive, transformative conflict that reshaped the twentieth century, doesn't get nearly the attention from students that you'd expect. Walk into [...]
The Boy Scouts Go to War: America’s Youngest Patriots in World War I
When the United States entered the Great War in 1917, the Boy Scouts of America were barely out of their own childhood. Founded only seven years earlier, the organization had grown quickly but was [...]
“The Men of the Old 15th”
Based on a modest level of personal research, I’ve concluded, with reasonable confidence, that the title of this article best captures what the men of the 15th (AKA 369th) Infantry Regiment referred to themselves [...]
Selling liberty: The propaganda campaign that funded WWI
The tactics conceived by President Wilson’s Committee on Public Information became the blueprint for engineering consensus in wartime and beyond. “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.” — Eric [...]
Ross Valley Players brings history onstage with ‘Hello Girls’
History lessons are rarely more vivid or more engaging than “The Hello Girls” at Ross Valley Players. The high-stakes musical runs at the Barn Theater through March 1. During the First World War, the [...]
