Featured Articles
In Their Own Words – Arthur Niedermiller: One Sailor in WWI
Learn about Arthur Christian Niedermiller of Detroit, Michigan. Born in 1889 of German-American descent, learn how he overcame obstacles as the United States entered #TheGreatWar in April 1917. Looking up Woodward Avenue in downtown [...]
Mare Island Naval Shipyard During World War One
Northern San Francisco Bay Area; Mare Island ShownMare Island History Mare Island History Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, became the first United States naval base on the West Coast in 1854. [...]
Army sets aside WWI convictions of 110 Black Soldiers convicted in 1917 Houston Riots
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has approved the recommendation of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to set aside the courts-martial convictions of the 110 Black Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th [...]
Veterans Day began after World War I as Armistice Day, with real hopes for an enduring American peace
Just over a century ago, on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month (Nov. 11, 1918), formal hostilities ended in the First World War when an armistice with Germany went into [...]
How Were Propaganda Posters Used in World War 1?
The Growth of Propaganda Propaganda was being used long before the outbreak of World War One, but the use of posters, rather than handbills, was pioneered during the war. Almost from the outset, the British government, [...]
Arlington Cemetery once held soil from the World War I battlefields of France
I am reaching out to you regarding the seven World War I sacred soil stones, six in France and one in the United States. A friend from my hometown in Vendée, France, was on vacation [...]
Cheers of Joy – Lingering Sorrow
The Union County, NJ Board of County Commissioners, in collaboration with the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, is proud to host Erik L. Burro, historian and photographer, to give a presentation about [...]
US Navy and Marine Corps aviation in World War One
A chapter from Key Publishing’s new book “Contact! Early US Naval and Marine Corps Aviation, 1911-1918” by Alan C Carey At the outbreak of war, the Army and Navy had little idea of how to [...]
Shipwreck society uncovers World War I-era freighter, 100 years after sinking on Lake Superior
A shipwreck was recently discovered for the first time since its untimely final voyage on Lake Superior, 100 years ago today. The World War I-era steel bulk freighter was recently discovered by the Great Lakes [...]
