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The Renaissance of American Art: Sabin Howard and the Grand Liberty Arch, A Monument for Our Time
In this episode of the PoliticIt Podcast, sculptor Sabin Howard shares his journey from a young artist in New York to becoming a modern-day Michelangelo, capturing the spirit of humanity through monumental art. Join [...]
Why America Builds Monuments
Throughout the history of the United States, when our nation faltered—when wounds ran deep and identities fractured—Americans did not retreat into silence. We built monuments: not merely to commemorate, but to repair and restore [...]
Heroic Facts About Alvin York, America’s WWI Hero
The Man Who Fought For Freedom Most accounts of Alvin York present a man who embodies his humble beginnings. The stories show him to be a simple mountain man who believed in faith, justice, [...]
WWI Museum resurrects Great War participants in new high-tech exhibit
The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, is getting a facelift. Since 2023, the Museum and Memorial “has been carrying out a multi-year upgrade plan, the most expansive changes to the buildings and [...]
The Doughboy in the Garage Sale: How Sacred Artifacts End Up on Folding Tables
Imagine a folding table sitting under a pop-up canopy in a driveway somewhere in Indiana. On it, between a box of kitchen tools and a plastic snowman, lies a bayonet. Rusted a bit. Wrapped [...]
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, [...]
‘Holy’ work: Stars of David replace crosses on stones of two WWI soldiers at national cemetery
“We have a sense, I think, of paying a long overdue debt to these men,” Shalom Lamm, the chief historian of Operation Benjamin, told attendees about Pfc. Adolph Hanf and Pvt. David Moser. (April [...]
Military Contributions of Honduras in World War I
The involvement of Central American nations in World War I is often overshadowed by the larger powers that dominated the conflict. However, Honduras played a noteworthy role during this tumultuous period, contributing not only [...]
April 8, 1918: The Harlem Hellfighters joined the French Army in battling German forces
The 369th Infantry Regiment, which the Germans called the “Harlem Hellfighters,” joined the French Army in battling German forces. “The Hellfighters, the most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I, confronted racism, even as they [...]
