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WWI Cannon was on the Liberty County, TX courthouse lawn until WWII
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is deliciously arcane and involves this cannon, which was on the Liberty County courthouse lawn for 20 or so years After World War I, the U.S. government [...]
This Arizona airport is a WWI memorial in disguise
Ernest Love's Fatal Solo Flight Over France Ernest Love went from Prescott High football star to Stanford engineer to war hero in just a few short years. When America joined WWI in 1917, he [...]
Parade marks big anniversary for Army, Marines and Navy
The 106th New York City Veterans Day Parade took place Tuesday, Nov. 11 along Fifth Avenue from 25th to 45th Street, with the reviewing grandstand set at the beginning of the parade. Veterans officials [...]
WWI Army Pilot Proved Airplanes Could Sink Battleships and Predicted Pearl Harbor — He Was Fired For It
In 1921, Army Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell proved airplanes could sink battleships. Three years later, he predicted Japan would launch a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor at dawn. Navy and Army brass dismissed [...]
William (Billy) Dunne of Coolaghy, Ireland served in the AEF in World War I
Forgotten Moycullen War Hero William Dunne was born on 3 May 1889 at Coolaghy, Moycullen, to John Dunne and Margaret Gavin. He was baptised the same day, with Thomas Dunne and Margaret Barrett serving [...]
World War I created the close relationship between the USDA’s dietary recommendations and the American agricultural industry
How Should Americans Eat? A Timeline of USDA Advice The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was founded in 1862 under Abraham Lincoln. For more than a century, nutritionists at the USDA have issued [...]
The Modern US Passport is a Product of World War I
8 Surprising Facts About US Passports. The word “passport” comes from the French words passer and port, meaning “to leave a port or harbor.” For centuries, travelers received passports from foreign governments, not their own. [...]
World War I Veterans: Wounds, Opioids, and Addiction Treatment
Often regarded as the first modern war, World War I was the first conflict to use machine guns, tanks, planes, and chemical warfare on a mass scale. This, coupled with the international nature of [...]
The saga of George ‘Nevin’ Oswald, a Washington County, MD veteran of World War I
On July 13, 1918, George “Nevin” Oswald found himself 2,000 miles off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, sailing for France with 20,000 other soldiers of the 79th Division. “I think I can take [...]
