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Thanks to local production of Broadway musical, North Bay WWI vet finally gets gravestone, recognition
It was Maeve Smith's production of "The Hello Girls" in Sonoma earlier this year that ultimately led to Juliette Cortial Smith's burial site being properly marked. Garvin Thomas reports. Maeve Smith couldn’t have been more [...]
Honor an American Trailblazer! Recognizing the service of Grace Banker with a Veteran Memorial Plaque Dedication Ceremony
Grace Banker, Chief Operator of the First Unit of the US Army Signal Corps during WWI will be recognized for her service with a Veteran Memorial Plaque Dedication Ceremony. Please join us on Saturday, October [...]
Women Telephone Operators in World War I France
On May 22, 1919, Grace Banker was awarded the U.S. Army’s Distinguished Service Medal for “exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in connection with the operations against an armed [...]
Adapting & Innovating Our WWI Education Resources For The Evolving Classroom Technology Environments
Recognizing the critical importance of teaching America's World War I story —a pivotal yet often overlooked chapter in American history—we launched the “WWI Teaching Resources” in the 2023-24 school year for 7th-12th grade social [...]
Sculptor Hopes to Revive the Spirit of the Renaissance in America
Sabin Howard’s latest work, the National World War I Memorial, is unveiled in Washington. He wants to create art that can inspire a connection to the divine. Stretching across 58 feet in Washington, D.C.’s Pershing [...]
CBS Evening News: World War I memorial unveiled in Washington, D.C.
A new World War I memorial paying tribute to the 4.7 million Americans who served in the military during the war has been unveiled in Washington, D.C. The memorial's centerpiece is a 60-foot long sculpture [...]
“Distinguished and Exceptional” Gallantry: Two Essays on WWI Hero Mortimer Lawrence
The day before the belligerent countries declared an Armistice on November 11, 1918, Mortimer Lawrence of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, an aerial observer for the 104th Aero Squadron, shot down the last enemy aircraft of the [...]
National WWI Memorial — A Soldier’s Journey: First Illumination Ceremony
Current and former Commissioners of the United States World War I Centennial Commission gather in front of the A Soldiers Journey sculpture at the National World War I Memorial prior to the First Illumination [...]
CT sculptor creates centerpiece for National World War I Memorial to be revealed tonight in Washington, D.C.
In a 2015 design competition for the National World War I Memorial located in Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., Justin Shubow, the president of The National Civic Art Society, urged Howard, a sculptor based in Kent, Connecticut, to enter. [...]
