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Western Front Association East Coast Branch to Host Spring Symposium on 7 June
The East Coast Branch of the Western Front Association will host its annual Spring Symposium on 7 June at the Maryland Veterans Museum, 11000 Crain Highway, Newburg, Maryland. The Western Front Association was formed [...]
The Long Way to Tipperary From Guanajuato
It was not unusual to hear my father singing or whistling while he worked in his garden at our home in South Central Los Angeles. It wasn’t until I started researching my father’s life [...]
The U.S. Housing Corporation built nearly 300 homes in Bremerton, Wash., during World War I
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing crisis In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. [...]
World War I: The First Modern War That Changed Humanity (1914–1918)
If you thought 2020 was bad, imagine a year so cursed it set off a chain reaction of death, mud, and monarchy-toppling that would reshape the planet. That year was 1914. The place? Europe — a [...]
Campus Memorials Pay Tribute to Cornellians Lost in Wartime
Those who made the ultimate sacrifice are remembered throughout the Hill—in stone, bronze, glass, and even greenery he University’s War Memorial, commemorating Cornellians who perished in World War I—then known as the Great War—was [...]
May 18, 1917: Wilson signs Selective Service Act amid WWI
On this date in history: In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that determined "separate but equal" racial policies are constitutional. While the ruling was never explicitly overruled, [...]
From Our Eyes – Tracing History and Ideology: A WIRE Research Journey with the DAR in World War I
This edition of From Our Eyes features Amala Rajagopal (‘25 History and Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies minor), one of the 11 student fellows who participated in the inaugural Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE) during Interterm 2025. This immersive program provided [...]
Preakness: For Jari Villanueva, at least one more call to post
Doughboy Foundation Executive Director is a Preakness tradition himself. Jari Villanueva is not just any Baltimore boy: he is a renowned bugler who has sounded Taps at thousands of military ceremonies and thrilled racing [...]
How WWI Fear Led to Decades of Civilian Emergency Storage Culture
World War I didn’t just redraw maps or shift world powers. It seeped into homes. Into kitchens and cellars, and into the backs of closets where rusted cans outlived the presidents who were in [...]
