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March 1915 – At a Crossroad in the Development of U.S. Navy Submarines
A little under fifteen years from the day the US Navy purchased their first submarine, the future of the small craft was still not settled. In 1915, the United States faced a number of [...]
Women’s History Month: Honoring World War I Nurses and Norfolk’s Own Kate Talcott Cooke
World War I (1914-1918) played a critical role in advancing the nursing profession in the United States and the role of female nurses in general. During World War I women joined both the U.S. [...]
Why I Wrote the Book: The Robust Life & Music of Noble Sissle, Sr.
Biography of a Broadway Show Co-Producer, Lyricist, Tenor Soloist, Harlem Hellfighter, Veteran, International Jazz Conductor and Entrepreneur During the pandemic in mid-April 2021, I started researching Noble Sissle, Sr. There were a few pages [...]
Bennie Owens, QMC
During World War I, African Americans volunteered and participated in droves to fight for their country, just as they have done in every military conflict in the history of the United States. One such [...]
The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I
It all started with a broken promise. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson was reelected to a second term in the White House after campaigning to continue his noninterventionist policies when it came to Europe's [...]
New historical marker will honor the first large-scale training of Black military officers
Historian Don North said he’s got love for three things: history, the military and horses. He could pursue them all as a researcher of African American military history. So when he stumbled across a [...]
The hidden stories of the First World War
A message, written on somebody’s skin: “lesion to upper thigh, wound infected”. The message would have been read by a volunteer nurse who stood in the vaulted room of what had once been a hotel, [...]
The Son of an American Legion Founder Led a Guerrilla Campaign of Terror Against the Nazis
In WWI, Wood Sr. received the Legion of Merit and a Purple Heart as well as the French Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not [...]
5 Writing Tips for the Ultimate Valentine from WWI Love Letters
These tips gleaned from the real-life letters of WWI soldiers and their loved ones will help you write one for the ages.As we head into Valentine’s Day weekend, what to write in a card to your [...]
