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As War Broke Out in Europe, America Lost a First Lady
U.S. First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson died of Bright's Disease on 6 August 1914. She had been born on 15 May 1860, in Savannah, Georgia. She was the first of four children born to [...]
ANZAC Day Dawn Service Honors Enduring Bonds at National WWI Memorial, Washington, DC
At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2026, the dawn broke over The National World War I Memorial, Washington DC as we gathered for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service. ANZAC Day is a national [...]
“No Stone Was Left Unturned”: A Tomb in the Heart of the Nation: The Origins and Creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
US Army book cover graphic by Johnny Chang (contractor), Army National Military Cemeteries. Army National Military Cemeteries (ANMC) is proud to share that its new digital open-access publication, A Tomb in the [...]
WWI Liberty Loan operation produced some of the 20th century’s most recognizable commercial art
Every major American war has been paid for with some combination of taxes, borrowing, and — in a few cases — inflation. This page is about the borrowing part: the war loans and bonds the U.S. [...]
A century of the ‘Ma Deuce’: How the M2 Browning became America’s workhorse machine gun
Gen. John J. Pershing requested development of a multipurpose heavy machine gun the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI. We're still using the result today. For over a century the M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, [...]
Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime
April 23–November 1, 2026 During World Wars I and II, nearly every nation involved recognized that it was necessary to provide materials to maintain soldier wellbeing and morale. Because foot soldiers had to carry [...]
Finding the Hello Girls: A Journey of Discovery and Connections
Finding (Auntie) Nemo The seeds that led to my Hello Girls journey were first planted in the fall of 2011. As my son was leaving for college, he suggested in a humorous manner that [...]
Not a Museum, but a Mirror: How one book, one library event and one basketball game revealed the Hello Girls’ living legacy
Like many of you, I grew up with family stories about my grandmother, Marie Edmée LeRoux, who served in World War I. I knew she had gone to France. I knew she had done something [...]
U.S. Marine Corps Quote of the Day by Lewis “Chesty” Puller: ‘Pain is weakness leaving the body’
“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – Lewis “Chesty” Puller Lewis “Chesty” Puller was one of the most decorated Marines in all of American history. Having enlisted right at the end of the First World War, Puller [...]
