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Westmoreland community band members will help dedicate World War I memorial in D.C.
Westmoreland County’s five community bands regularly take an annual summer trip together, assembling a group that performs somewhere at their destination. This year, however, it will be delayed a month, so the bands can help [...]
Pioneering D.C. Artist Inez Demonet Helped WWI Soldiers Put Their Lives Back Together
“By days she paints gruesome pictures of the insides of rats so newly dead their bodies still glow faintly with animal heat. By night she does exquisite etchings of a Chinese junk idling down the [...]
Researchers find WWI and WWII bombs in the ground are becoming more volatile
Two ordnance specialists, one with the University of Stavanger's Department of Safety and the other with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, have found that due to their chemical makeup, bombs and other ordnances still in [...]
Sam Lucas’ Funeral and the Approaching War
Sam Lucas was a Black Civil War Veteran, and a popular star of stage and screen. Sam Lucas was born with family and ancestral ties to slavery. His funeral was a fascinating harbinger of World [...]
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 [...]
