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Announcing Clair Sassion as the new CEO of the Doughboy Foundation
The Doughboy Foundation’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that after a four-month rigorous, national search, Clair S. Sassin has been selected as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective October 20, 2025. [...]
WWI Symposium Unites Historians and Attendees for Day of Learning and Networking
The Inaugural World War I Symposium, presented by the Doughboy Foundation, hosted at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 12, 2025, was a resounding success, establishing itself as a premier [...]
American Heart In WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute brings America’s World War I story to life
Q&A with Historian John Monsky, Creator and Narrator of AMERICAN HEART IN WWI: A CARNEGIE HALL TRIBUTE Premieres Veterans Day, November 11, on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app. Powerful storytelling, [...]
Putting faces to their names: the search for photos of two African-American WWI soldiers
I am an artist and retired high school art teacher in Lynchburg, Va. During my teaching career I tried to create a special project each year to teach skills and expose my public school [...]
Special Armistice Day Celebration Event: “In Flanders Fields” at the Art Club of Washington, DC
This Veterans Day, November 11, (previously Armistice Day,) join us in a music-theatre program in remembrance of ancestors and others lost to commemorate what was known as “the war to end all wars.” [...]
The Doughboy Foundation Elects Three New Board Members
The Doughboy Foundation (DBF), the non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of World War I, is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Board of Directors: Michael Basile, Emily [...]
The WWI Professor will debut at Verizon Innovative Learning online event Nov. 4
Verizon Innovative Learning Presents “Elevating Innovation: Thinking in an AI World” Virtual Conference We are just days away from the Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference, hosted by Verizon Innovative Learning. The Doughboy Foundation’s colleague and [...]
Four British WWI MIA soldiers found during hospital build in France
Four British soldiers who were killed in World War One will be reburied in northern France later. The remains of Arthur Cook, Robert Cullum, John Fraser and William London, all privates of 1/5 Bn [...]
Lost Battalion Tours: “We put you right where the Doughboys were.”
Have you ever felt drawn to a certain place in this world? A place that seems to call for you, even from thousands of miles away, and you can feel that call in your [...]
