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Weathering the front: How nature’s fury defined World War I
The First World War, occurring from 1914 to 1918, remains a testament to the endurance and ultimate sacrifice made by millions. Occurring over a century ago, the weather was far less predictable than it is [...]
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 [...]
Ancestry’s U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 database
This database contains an index and images of World War I draft registration cards completed by approximately 24 million men living in the U.S. in 1917 and 1918. Information that may be found for an [...]
Hervey Allen’s Toward the Flame, Illustration, and the Legacy of Collective Memory of the First World War
Hervey Allen’s memoir Toward the Flame holds an important place in the legacy of the First World War and the book’s transformation to commemorative object with the release of the 1934 illustrated edition offers an [...]
