Featured Articles
Welcome to the 2023 “Bells of Peace” National Bell Tolling at 11am On Veterans Day
The Doughboy Foundation invites the public to join the annual Bells of Peace ceremony, a national tradition initiated in 2018 to commemorate the WWI Armistice Centennial and to honor all Americans who have served their [...]
“Lost” U.S. Navy documentary demonstrated American naval strength as United States entered World War I
My Grandfather's Navy, thanks to the good people over at the National Film Preservation Foundation. Well worth your time. Here is the background. U.S. Navy of 1915 (1915) Production Company: Lyman H. Howe [...]
“The War To End All Wars – The Movie” will bring WWI to museums across the U.S. for Veterans Day
+90 museums spanning 27 territories and counting… On June 12th of this year, the renowned Swedish heavy metal band, Sabaton, introduced a groundbreaking charitable museum initiative entitled "History Rocks". Recognized worldwide for their passion for [...]
The League of WWI Aviation Historians Autumn Seminar Oct. 28-29
The League Board of Directors announces an Autumn seminar at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City. The seminar will run immediately after the Museum's symposium, Milestones and Cornerstones (which will be Fri., Oct. 27 through lunch [...]
Rep. Veronica Escobar reintroduces bill to award Mexican American WWI hero with posthumous Medal of Honor
Marcelino Serna, most decorated Texan of World War One, was the first Mexican American to receive the Distinguished Service Cross Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, is working toward awarding Mexican American World War I hero Private [...]
Moving time for the Bleckley plane
What many Wichitans consider the second most historic aircraft in the Air Capital (after B-29 Doc) - the historic DH-4 World War I biplane - has a new home in Wichita's Old Town. This 1918 [...]
WWI vets got the short end of the stick in the Great Depression. This was their answer.
Veterans risk their lives in the name of their country. But they often end up vulnerable when they return home. On some occasions throughout our history, treatment of veterans has gotten so bad that it [...]
Doughboy MIA For September 2023: First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington
A man is only missing if he is forgotten... Born on 1 May 1897 in Baden-Baden, Germany to American parents, our Doughboy of the Month is First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington, the only child of [...]
Review: The Hello Girls Answer The Call Down Under
It’s refreshing to see a local company take on a relatively unknown musical then bat it out of the ball-park with a brilliant production that deserved a much wider audience than had the opportunity to [...]