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WWI Illustrators of America: How Harry Townsend and F.C. Yohn Helped Win the War
Join nationally renowned author, James Thompson, at the Norwalk Historical Society's Mill Hill Historic Park on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:00pm for an introspective look at World War I artists, most specifically Norwalk artists, [...]
‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I
(OSV News) -- Bombs, death, trench warfare -- all of the experiences as an Italian military chaplain would forever shape Father Angelo Roncalli's future life and ministry as a priest, bishop and eventually as Pope John [...]
After robust debate, U.S. entered World War I
Despite initial mandate to stay neutral, U.S. leaders voted to officially join Allies in the Great War on April 6, 1917 A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. [...]
America was at its Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here’s how to prevent the worst.
During WWI, America lurched toward autocracy. Resistance was minimal.Adam Hochschild is the author of “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.”What was the Trumpiest period of American life before Donald [...]
This is America and the untold story of isolationism
The University of Connecticut’s History Department held their 152nd Foreign Policy Seminar last Friday, March 28. The 152nd speaker was Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols of Ohio State University. His talk was titled “The Untold [...]
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 [...]
