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Black History Month celebration honors Dr. Frank Boston, an African American WWI hero, with recognition to young artists
Fundraiser aids planned documentary film about Lansdale, PA doctor LANSDALE — The Boston Legacy Foundation acknowledging the story of Dr. Frank Boston as inspiring the next generation of leaders this week honored three young African [...]
American Legion founder ‘a man of action’
A “founder” of The American Legion is considered to be someone with proven attendance at one of the two organizing 1919 caucuses – Paris in March, or St. Louis in May. The attendee lists are [...]
Families Honor Private First Class (PFC) Patrick McKenna, USA for WWI Service
(Author's note: Part I, the essay “Honoring PFC Patrick McKenna,” was written in New York by me after we returned from from the July 2008 trip and the 90th Anniversary of the death in World [...]
Black History Month Trailblazers: WWI U.S. Army SGT. Henry Johnson
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Since its inception, Black History Month became a time to teach and contemplate the historic achievements and contributions of Black historic figures in American History. New York Army National [...]
Black History Month: ABMC Honors WWI US soldier buried in France
From baseball field to battlefield There is a story behind each headstone at ABMC cemeteries. Before enlisting in the Army in June 1917, Ernest Biggers was an outfielder for the Houston Black Buffaloes. He sailed [...]
US soldiers lay groundwork for ‘transformation’ of artillery units in Europe
Charlie Battery traces its lineage to WWI as the first American military unit ever to fire a round in Europe GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Army Capt. Phuong Quach started 2024 with a mission to stand up [...]
Gallery Glance: “Charmed Soldiers,” National WWI Museum and Memorial
According to an old military saying often attributed to war correspondent Ernie Pyle, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” Who can doubt that when the prospect of death is nearby, thoughts of survival and mortality [...]
Incredible audio shows what WWI sounded like when the guns and bombs just suddenly stopped
It's both beautiful and haunting to hear the ceasefire silence at the agreed-upon 11th hour. On November 11, 1918, U.S.soldier Robert Casey wrote from the American front in Western Europe: “And this is the end of it. [...]
Eugene Bullard, a Pilot’s Struggle for Freedom
He flew for liberty, equality, and fraternity. This grandson of Georgia slaves volunteered for the Foreign Legion during World War I and became the first African American fighter pilot, a hero of French aviation – [...]
