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100 Cities 100 Memorials: Restoration, Recognition & Remembrance
This book is the first work to salute America’s official centennial World War One memorials. As selected by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Chicago, the Congress-appointed World War I Centennial Commission, these 100 diverse [...]
Young artist recognized for her work to expand the legacy of WWI hometown hero Dr. Frank Boston
Pennsylvania State Representative Steve Malagari led the applause to recognize a young artist and her efforts to expand the knowledge of black history when she helped to create a short booklet titled “Doc Boston Adventures [...]
The Silent Wounds: Long-Term Mental Health Effects on WWI Veterans
World War I, the “Great War” or the “War to End All Wars,” left an undeniable mark on the history of humankind. More than a century later, we’re still seeing the effects of such a [...]
DAR Chapter Knits Poppies To Support Mission of The Doughboy Foundation
The Otway Burns Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is chartered in Swansboro, North Carolina, just outside the back gate of MCB Camp Lejeune. Many of the chapter's members are military-related and all have [...]
Community History Lecture to focus on American fighter pilots in WWI
The Fall 2024 Lafayette Lecture will be held at 1pm on Friday, Sept. 6, in the Multi-Purpose Room in North Carolina's Fayetteville Technical Community College Tony Rand Student Center. Admission is free. The public is [...]
The Rolling W Monument in Pueblo, Colorado
My Grandfather, George A. Carlson, was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1894 and was a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War I. On March 30, 1918, he boarded a train at Denver’s Union [...]
A Piece of WWI History Rests By a Resort Pool in Dallas
Billionaire Harlan Crow’s Hilton Anatole is home to a propeller from the RMS Lusitania, whose sinking helped lead to the U.S. joining the war. A Dallas resort’s sculpture garden serves as the final resting place [...]
Signal Corps History Comes to the Stage
A key episode in the history of the US Army Signal Corps – the recruitment and deployment of bilingual women switchboard operators in World War I – is portrayed in “The Hello Girls,” a musical [...]
Did You Know There’s A World War I Trench In Tennessee? Here’s Why
When I think of Tennessee and wars, my mind goes straight to the Civil War. The Volunteer State has no shortage of historic sites commemorating that conflict. So when I learned of a World War [...]
