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Local WWI Veteran’s Gravestone Corrected
“Someone who dies for their country should have everything correct on their marker as accurate as possible.” Chaz Haywood first saw a photograph of Winton Paul Burtner in a framed portrait at his wife’s family [...]
The Buffalo Hero of World War I Returns to NY For Special Limited Engagement This December
The Buffalo Hero of World War I: The Wayne Miner Story returns to New York for a special limited engagement. Kenthedo Robinson’s powerful drama about a group of unknown and unsung heroes of World War [...]
Community Makes 10,000 Sandwiches for the Needy in 1 Day, Honoring Legacy of Woman Who Did That for Soldiers in WWI
A South Carolina community came together this week to make 10,000 sandwiches in one day to give away to local food banks, schools, soup kitchens, and shelters. The 200 volunteers in Greenville were also honoring [...]
SLICE OF HISTORY: Remembering an unknown American hero
Veterans Day is an American Holiday. It was proclaimed in 1954 to fall on Nov. 11. Before then, it had a different name. Americans were reminded of that in 2018, because at the 11th hour [...]
Photographic treasure: Exhibit to feature WWI photos from newly discovered negatives
Molly Millie Anderson noticed the plain black box. It was at an Omaha auction, just two blocks from where the previous owner had lived. Anderson, a history buff and former Fremonter, opened the box and [...]
Family of WWI soldier gets his Purple Heart – a century later
Sharecroppers, pastors and sawmill workers from South Carolina who’d been drafted into the Army and shaped into soldiers were at the bottom of Hill 188. German machine guns and troops were entrenched at the top. [...]
“Today’s war writers owed a debt not only to the service of WWI soldiers but also to the unprecedented way they wrote about the war.”
My just-released book, Beyond Their Limits of Longing: Contemporary Writers and Veterans on the Lingering Stories of WWI, is informed and inspired by “The WWrite Blog. Exploring WWI’s Influence on Contemporary Writing and Scholarship,” a [...]
Cornell University honors World War I veterans at at Lyon and McFaddin Halls
The War Memorial on West Campus was dedicated in 1932 and commemorates Cornell’s 264 casualties during World War I. The dedication of the memorial was held on the fourteenth anniversary of the first appearance of [...]
Honoring Norwalk, CT World War I women
On the base of the cannon at Norwalk Town Green, in an inconspicuous corner on one of the plaques, is a short list of women who served in WWI. They were nurses with the Army [...]
