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WWI Hello Girls Unit Tribute Plaque Dedicated at National Museum of the United States Army
On 25 May 2025, we dedicated a unit tribute to the Female Telephone Operators Unit, known as the “Hello Girls” at the Wall of Honor at the National Museum of the United States Army, [...]
Happy Memorial Day!! African American Women and WWI
When the U.S. joined the war in 1917, Americans from all walks of life wanted to “do their bit.” This included African American women, who found a variety of ways to support the war [...]
Native Code Talkers Foiled WWI Enemies
Native Code Talkers secured highly sensitive communications with a code that German specialists could not break. Ironically, the U.S. government banned many Native Americans from speaking their language in tribal boarding schools in the [...]
American WWI troops honored on France’s former battlefields in Memorial Day tribute
BONY, France — The commander in charge of Army operations in Europe led Memorial Day tributes Sunday at the Somme American Cemetery, where some of the first American troops to die in combat on [...]
Choctaw Nation celebrates World War I Code Talkers
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the Choctaw Nation is placing a spotlight on the tribe's contribution to one of the most notable wars in American history. DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) — As Memorial Day weekend [...]
Not Completely Unprepared—The U.S. Military before World War I
"America was completely unprepared for the war." You've probably seen some form of this statement in your readings. The statistics seem to fully support this. On 1 April 1917, the U.S. had 5,791 officers [...]
The Long Way to Tipperary From Guanajuato
It was not unusual to hear my father singing or whistling while he worked in his garden at our home in South Central Los Angeles. It wasn’t until I started researching my father’s life [...]
From Our Eyes – Tracing History and Ideology: A WIRE Research Journey with the DAR in World War I
This edition of From Our Eyes features Amala Rajagopal (‘25 History and Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies minor), one of the 11 student fellows who participated in the inaugural Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE) during Interterm 2025. This immersive program provided [...]
New Research Guide: James Reese Europe Resources at the Library of Congress
The Music Division’s newest research guide, James Reese Europe: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress, provides a gateway to accessing historic sheet music, unique literary manuscripts, newspaper archives, recordings, photographs and scholarly [...]
