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Upcoming Cycling Trip Along the Western Front Way
In the Somme River region in France and in the Flanders region in Belgium are among the most famous and bloodiest battlefields of the First World War. Names such as Péronne, Thiepval, and Beaumont-Hamel [...]
America 250: What is being celebrated? Why? And How?
This article addresses those seemingly obvious questions with some thought provoking answers, and it offers an option for HOW YOU might honor this poignant moment in American history — with an idea that has [...]
Hello Girl Renee Messelin to be honored in Chicago July 16
It is time for an update! Two years ago, we discovered that an African American woman served as a Signal Corps Telephone Operator. Renee Messelin – born Ellarane Caldwell – turned out to be [...]
Answering the Call: My National History Day Journey with the Hello Girls
My National History Day project began with a Doughboy Foundation article about the Hello Girls, a group of bilingual women who served as U.S. Army Signal Corps telephone operators during World War I. I [...]
Doughboy MIA For June 2026: First Lieutenant Ernest Armond Giroux of the 103rd Aero Squadron.
First Lieutenant Ernest Armond Giroux was the only American aviator of World War I listed as Missing in Action to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Born on December 4, 1895, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, [...]
The AEF ID Card of Capt. David R. Kerr, Personal Aide to 2nd “Indianhead” Division Commander General Omar Bundy
This is a small group of ephemera belonging to David Renwick Kerr, a Canadian-born American officer who served as Aide to 2nd Division Major General Omar Bundy from September 1917 to June 1918, and [...]
America’s Children at War
America's schoolchildren served on the home front during World War I. Although American children were geographically removed from the physical destruction of the European front, World War I deeply impacted their lives.They were ceaselessly [...]
U.S. Congress Passes Espionage Act – This Day in History
On June 15, 1917, just two months after the United States entered World War I, Congress passed one of the most controversial laws in American history: the Espionage Act. Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, [...]
Less Than a Mile Apart: How Two WWI Foes Became Family in America
When I joined MyHeritage four months ago, I was looking for a platform that could help me break through the walls I kept hitting on other genealogy sites. I’m still in the learning phase [...]
