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On the job for victory – Awards Given for the WWI Homefront Efforts
While the troops returning home from WWI would receive many military awards for their service by states and home towns, this is a story of the many war-time workers who, while not in the military, [...]
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Headquarters Band: A Tribute to Sacrifice and Remembrance
National World War One Memorial Brass Ensemble Salutes WWI History and Patriotism In the heart of Washington, D.C., where history whispers its solemn tales, stands the National World War One Memorial, a tribute to the [...]
ANZAC Day 2024 in the United States
To commemorate ANZAC Day 2024, the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand will hold an ANZAC Day Dawn Service on Thursday, April 25 at 5:20 AM (for a 5:40 AM start) at the National World [...]
Crossings and Connections: Canadian Operators with the AEF “Hello Girls” during the Great War
In March 1918, Montreal resident Jean Cunningham and thirty-two other women boarded a ship in Hoboken, NJ, bound for France. Members of the American Expeditionary Force “Telephone Unit,” these women were the first contingent of [...]
The Battle of Henry Johnson, When a single Black soldier killed 4 Germans, and wounded 20 more in WWI
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Sgt. Henry Johnson He was 26 years old, 5-foot-4, weighed 130 pounds and came from Albany, New York. And on the night of May 15, 1918, Army Pvt. Henry Johnson, [...]
Climbing the Hills For The Hello Girls During Women’s History Month
March is designated as Women’s History Month. This year it started off on 3 March with a screening of the documentary by James Theres, The Hello Girls, at the Military Women’s Memorial, which is nestled [...]
The History Behind America’s Iconic WWI ‘Uncle Sam, I Want You’ Recruitment Poster
The iconic phrase, “Uncle Sam, I Want You,” has become a part of American culture, symbolizing a call to duty and patriotism. This iconic image, featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer, was first [...]
Granddaughter of World War I hero visits ballfield named in Navy Cross recipient’s honor
McClure Field at Naval Station Norfolk dates back to 1918. On Friday, the granddaughter of the field's namesake visited for the very first time. NORFOLK, Va. — James Earl Jones may have summed it up [...]
“I … yearn once more for the strenuous life”: Mary Helen Fee, teacher, writer, WWI canteen worker.
Mary Helen Fee was born in October 1864 in Quincy, IL, to John Fee—city physician for Kansas City and an army surgeon in the Civil War—and his wife, Louisa Wilcox Fee. Fee was an English [...]
