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French hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt
He had some explosive indigestion. A hospital in France was evacuated after a male patient arrived with a WWI artillery shell lodged in his backside. According to the bum-shell report, the unnamed 24-year-old had [...]
These crusader knights answered the call to fight World War I
The country known as Georgia derives its name from the Persian word “Gurgan,” meaning the land of the wolves. To the Persians, it refers to the “frightening and heroic people of that territory.” That’s [...]
Don’t Miss Being Over There in the Footsteps of the Doughboys in 2026!
Step into history with the Doughboy Foundation on an exclusive journey through the heart of WWI. We’ve crafted a powerful itinerary that puts you on the hallowed battlefields where heroes were made—from the trenches [...]
Ceremony for WWI Woman Veteran Irma Armanet Buried in Unmarked Grave
“Hello Girl” was one of America’s First Women Soldiers The National Cemetery Administration, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, and The Hello Girls Military Honors and Rembrance Project invite Veterans, active-duty service members, families, and the [...]
“REMEMBER US: The Fight for America’s World War I Memorial” now broadcasting and streaming on PBS
The amazing story of building America's national WWI Memorial a full century after the war. Told exclusively through the words of the project’s visionaries, leaders, artisans and champions who made “the impossible plausible”, is [...]
Daily Taps Sounds at National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. January 25 despite historic snow storm
Despite a historic snow storm that clobbered Washington, D.C. and the Mid-Atlantic Region on January 25, Daily Taps at the National World War I Memorial sounded on schedule at 5:00 p.m. EST. As happens [...]
Not fit to fight in World War I, he invented the television instead
Some may debate which was the greater calamity for the world... Television is 100 years old today. And it was born here, above an Italian cafe in Soho. On 26th January 1926 at [...]
Invisible Sacrifice: Commemorating Those Who Served Without Reaching the Frontline
I will change my narrative. I will develop my research to not only include the Swedish born soldiers, who fought and fell in the Great War, and are buried along the western front, In [...]
“Devotion to Duty: Memorializing Jane Delano” Saturday, Jan. 31, 4 p.m. (via Zoom)
Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein ANC Senior Historian Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein will be leading a public webinar for the Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA). This free webinar is being hosted by the [...]
