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Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation’s working class
Hard hats are the team headgear of working-class America — the people who built the United States with their bare hands. The people who still build the USA today. Tip your safety cap to [...]
Christmas in the Trenches on Saturday, December 14 at Midway Village Museum in Rockford, IL
Christmas in the Trenches is a military re-enactment of the 1914 Christmas truce taking place 110 years ago during World War I. Join us on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 10am for Christmas in the [...]
A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death
Two Marines forged a friendship on the battlefields of World War I. One died in combat. Decades later, the survivor’s recorded memories bring a long-delayed closure. They had fought together at Belleau Wood, clawing [...]
WWI plaque rededicated for 10 servicemen from WA
Community members gather at Carlsborg Family Church for ceremony More than 100 years after a monument was placed to honor the “Clallam County boys” who died in World War I, family and community members [...]
Doughboy MIA For November 2024: 2nd Lieutenant Carl Abell Dudley
Carl Abell Dudley Carl Abell Dudley was born in Keene, New Hampshire, on February 27, 1889. He attended Harvard University, where he graduated in the class of 1907-1908. On December 8, 1917, [...]
Chickasaw WWI veteran’s story lives on
The Chickasaw Nation is filled with stories passed down from generation to generation. Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer’s book “Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy” recounts the story of a First American World War I veteran. [...]
Contaminated French soil yet to recover from the wounds of war
More than a century after the First World War, vast stretches of French soil remain contaminated, with some areas still too hazardous to access. Experts warn it could take 700 years to clear hidden [...]
Native American Women Take Pride in Their Military Service
Native American women, like their male counterparts, share a proud tradition of military service. During the Revolutionary War, Tyonajanegan, an Oneida, fought on the side of the United States with her husband during the [...]
Museum Director researching ‘The Great War’ in Berkeley County
World War I is also called "The Great War" because of its scale and carnage. The United States declared war on Germany in 1917, and it is estimated that more than 400,000 U.S. men [...]
