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Schaghticoke, NY WW I Veterans: 3 happier stories: Haner, Hansen, and Harrigan
Frederick Raymond Haner Frederick was born in the area, perhaps in Rock City Falls, in 1894. He was the eldest child of Frederick Cornelius Haner (1871-1950) and Augusta MacDonald (b 1878). The first time [...]
The American Legion Department of Ohio: Providing Civic Engagement Opportunities for Ohio Students
Several years ago, my brothers and I were cleaning out the old farmhouse where we grew up. I found a certificate from the 1975-76 Americanism and Government Test from Fairfield Union High School. It [...]
The Kansas Shoe Repairman Responsible for Veterans Day
The reason we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11 dates back to 1918, when an armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed that essentially ended World War I. The first Armistice Day was [...]
Announcing Clair Sassin as the new CEO of the Doughboy Foundation
The Doughboy Foundation’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that after a four-month rigorous, national search, Clair S. Sassin has been selected as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective October 20, 2025. [...]
WWI Symposium Unites Historians and Attendees for Day of Learning and Networking
The Inaugural World War I Symposium, presented by the Doughboy Foundation, hosted at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 12, 2025, was a resounding success, establishing itself as a premier [...]
WWI shall never be forgotten
Dedicated in 1921, Liberty Memorial is now our nation’s museum tribute to the Great War While the centennial of the First World War has passed the significance of the conflict has not. The United [...]
American Heart In WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute brings America’s World War I story to life
Q&A with Historian John Monsky, Creator and Narrator of AMERICAN HEART IN WWI: A CARNEGIE HALL TRIBUTE Premieres Veterans Day, November 11, on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app. Powerful storytelling, [...]
“The young grow old quickly here”: Ruth Charlotte Bush, YMCA entertainer.
Ruth Charlotte Bush was born in February 1894 to Civil War veteran Theodore Bush and his wife, Charlotte Ann Arney Bush, in Kentland, IN. She had three sisters—Adah, Marie, and Alice—and writer George Ade was a [...]
Putting faces to their names: the search for photos of two African-American WWI soldiers
I am an artist and retired high school art teacher in Lynchburg, Va. During my teaching career I tried to create a special project each year to teach skills and expose my public school [...]
