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Hard Aground: The Wreck of the USS Tennessee and the Rise of the US Navy
When I began this read, I was expecting to find an exposition on how the grounding of the USS Tennessee was a turning point in the modernization of the United States Navy. I actually [...]
American Soldiers and Children in a French Village, World War I
During World War I, a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer took this picture of American soldiers and children on a village street in France. The Army typed its caption on the card the photo [...]
One Veteran. One Legacy. One Unanswered Question.
A World War I veteran helped shape the history of a Pennsylvania community and pioneered organized emergency medical care. His legacy is now recognized across Pennsylvania and the nation. One question remains: Why has [...]
Sequoyah National Research Center launches World War I Website
The Sequoyah National Research Center (SNRC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock launched a brand-new website, Modern Warriors of World War I, this September. The website is a searchable database of American [...]
8 best things to do in Kansas City in 2027
The best things to do in Kansas City in 2027, from barbecue and the National WWI Museum to free streetcar rides and 18th and Vine Kansas City sits astride the Missouri-Kansas state line, and [...]
Aircraft of World War I: Fighters, Bombers, and Aces
Aircraft of World War I began as fragile eyes above the battlefield, then became scouts, artillery spotters, fighters, bombers, and instruments of public fear. In 1914, most combatant nations had only a handful of [...]
Do Good Twice
The holiday season is upon us and there is still time to honor a veteran in a meaningful way. As a second year volunteer location coordinator for Wreaths Across America (WAA) at historic Fort [...]
Interwar echoes and the risk of great power war
Historical parallels with the geopolitical rivalries before WWI, Russia and NATO tensions, and the urgency of diplomacy Today’s global geopolitical crisis can be systemically contrasted with the “twenty years crisis” before World War II. [...]
Captured German cannons stood as WWI memorial until being turned into WWII scrap metal
Two captured German WWI cannons became a disputed Cape Girardeau Teachers College memorial before being scrapped for World War II in 1942. In October 1925, Joseph A. Serena, president of the Cape Girardeau Teachers [...]
