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Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial honors U.S. Navy/Merchant Mariners during World War I
The Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial, featuring a large, evocative aluminum sculpture of a cresting wave and seagulls in flight, sits on Columbia Island on the Arlington side of the Potomac. The Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial honors the Americans [...]
Scientists Decode 1918 Flu Virus Genome From Century-Old Tissue
Scientists have decoded the Swiss genome of the 1918 flu virus from a century-old specimen, revealing early adaptations for human infection. Scientists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich have successfully decoded the genome [...]
USS Texas closer to coming home; Pelican Island in trouble?
The Battleship Texas Foundation announced this week that it has finalized an agreement with the Galveston Wharves Board securing Pier 15 as the two-world-wars champ’s future new home. They still have lots of steps to accomplish [...]
A Lesson From The First World War
“At no point in the war had the Allies achieved a definite, clean success. How then, was the war to be brought to an end?” -- David Lloyd George, the British Secretary of State [...]
Thoughts While Visiting the U.S. National World War I Memorial
The other day I went and stood in front of the new section of the World War I memorial in Washington, DC and looked at it. Memorials are meant to make you feel something. [...]
Comity, Rivalry, and the Real Drivers of War
The Great War’s example should discourage us from reducing Sino-American tensions to ideological differences. Winston Churchill reflected that “no part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening.” A century later, the origins [...]
When the United States entered WWI, all four of President Theodore Roosevelt’s sons enlisted, but only three returned home
Throughout U.S. history, many presidents arrived at the nation’s highest office having served in the military, with 31 serving in the armed forces. That dedication to duty often ran in their families, as illustrated by [...]
Book tells of Cleveland couple’s love and faith during World War I
A must-read for all Cleveland residents interested in history and personal relationships is the book, "My Dear Mabel: A Grandson's Lessons in Love, Faith, Patriotism and Courage in Letters from World War I," by James [...]
20 Vintage Photos of Everyday Life During WWI
These rarely seen photos offer a glimpse into the everyday realities of the era: from emotional goodbyes at train stations and women stepping into new roles at home, to schoolchildren doing their part and [...]
