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Our Montana – On National Nurses Day, remember three WWI nurses
This episode features three WWI nurses with ties to Montana! Ed Saunders shares his research into these three incredible woman who served in the armed forces. This episode was recorded on National Nurses Day [...]
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The death of 128 Americans in a German submarine attack horrified Americans but failed to push the United States into World War I. Asking “what if” is a popular parlor game. Seldom, however, do [...]
WWI Stifled the Peace Message of Early Mother’s Days
Mother’s Day Began as a Peace Movement In the wake of bloody 19th-century wars, the holiday’s early advocates urged communities to gather in peace. Before Mother’s Day became a $38 billion celebration of brunch, [...]
Ten Interesting WWI Images I Found in the New York Public Library Digital Archives
As you may guess, since the New York Public Library has vast collections of stuff on just about every topic under the sun, it has a great collection of First World War material. I've [...]
Where Did General Pershing Get His Initial Division for the AEF?
When the U.S. Army began the conversion to brigade combat teams in 2004, it started to move cautiously away from the combined arms division, the Army’s building block for nearly 90 years. The first permanent [...]
British divers locate wreckage of long-lost WWI Coast Guard vessel
More than a century after one of the deadliest maritime losses in American military history, the wreckage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast [...]
Doughboy Foundation Welcomes Belgium Delegation for Wreath Laying at National WWI Memorial
Belgian's Minister of Defense H.E. Theo Francken and Belgian Ambassador H.E. Frédéric Bernard laid a wreath at the National WWI Memorial on Monday, April 27. They were accompanied by Belgian Defense Attaché Brigadier General [...]
“She Was Glorious”—The Pre-Sinking History of RMS Lusitania
Inception The Liverpool-based shipping company Cunard ordered the R.M.S. Lusitania and its sister ship, the R.M.S. Mauretania, in 1902. Lusitania was built by the shipyard of John Brown & Co. in Scotland. For Cunard, the two ocean liners had [...]
P520 Crash Boat planning Honor Cruise for WWII/Korea vets to DC on July 4th; support sought
Unique watercraft has deep WWI connections When fundraising is successful, the P-520, the last complete 85' WWII & Korean War US Army/Air Force Patrol Boat (Crash Boat) remaining afloat, will visit Washington, DC this July [...]
