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On the job for victory – Awards Given for the WWI Homefront Efforts
While the troops returning home from WWI would receive many military awards for their service by states and home towns, this is a story of the many war-time workers who, while not in the military, [...]
Tickets Now On Sale For The Critically-Acclaimed Musical “The Hello Girls” At DC’s Kennedy Center, One Night Only, May 7 @ 7:30 PM
This Original Musical Honors the U.S. Army's Female Telephone Operators, Who Played Key Role in World War I. Free Mini-Concert at the National World War I Memorial will also take place. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tickets [...]
The Hello Girls to Play 1-Night-Only D.C. and NYC Concerts
Members from the musical's 2018 Off-Broadway premiere cast will reunite for the upcoming performances. Prospect Theater Company's The Hello Girls is set to play a one-night-only concert at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. May 7, followed by [...]
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Headquarters Band: A Tribute to Sacrifice and Remembrance
National World War One Memorial Brass Ensemble Salutes WWI History and Patriotism In the heart of Washington, D.C., where history whispers its solemn tales, stands the National World War One Memorial, a tribute to the [...]
ANZAC Day 2024 in the United States
To commemorate ANZAC Day 2024, the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand will hold an ANZAC Day Dawn Service on Thursday, April 25 at 5:20 AM (for a 5:40 AM start) at the National World [...]
Crossings and Connections: Canadian Operators with the AEF “Hello Girls” during the Great War
In March 1918, Montreal resident Jean Cunningham and thirty-two other women boarded a ship in Hoboken, NJ, bound for France. Members of the American Expeditionary Force “Telephone Unit,” these women were the first contingent of [...]
The Battle of Henry Johnson, When a single Black soldier killed 4 Germans, and wounded 20 more in WWI
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Sgt. Henry Johnson He was 26 years old, 5-foot-4, weighed 130 pounds and came from Albany, New York. And on the night of May 15, 1918, Army Pvt. Henry Johnson, [...]
A records search, a Doughboy’s journey home
You might remember my blogs last year about an Army officer from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who was killed in the First World War. There’s more to tell about 2nd Lieutenant Howard Lee Strohl. I had pieced together [...]
Climbing the Hills For The Hello Girls During Women’s History Month
March is designated as Women’s History Month. This year it started off on 3 March with a screening of the documentary by James Theres, The Hello Girls, at the Military Women’s Memorial, which is nestled [...]
