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Sentinels of Memory: How Personal Keepsakes Preserve World War I Service Stories
More than a century after the guns fell silent along the Western Front on November 11, 1918, the First World War has slipped entirely out of living memory. Every one of the 4.7 million [...]
These were the last surviving veterans of every major American war through World War I
A reminder that our World War II veterans won't be around forever. In 2023, the VA’s Veteran Population Projection (VetPop) Model counted 95,000. It estimated just 31,000 in 2026. And here we are. At last count [...]
German-Americans battle loyalty questions in World War I: Revisiting St. Louis’ history
Only one week into the Great War, thousands of German-Americans jammed Turner Hall, at 1508 Chouteau Avenue, to defend the Fatherland and their loyalty to America. A band played waltzes and “The Star-Spangled Banner.” [...]
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 [...]
