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From Monty Python to World War I: Michael Palin’s new book resurrects his long-lost great uncle
The prolific actor, comedian, writer and producer has created the silly and the sublime. Say you were going to meet Monty Python's Michael Palin for dinner. What would you bring him? I did. And I [...]
Historic Liverpool: 17 stirring photos of American and Canadian troops arriving in Liverpool during World War I
Take a look at these century-old photos showing allies arriving in Liverpool during the First World War. Liverpool played an important role in the First World War, with hundreds of convoys sailing to and from the port [...]
‘A horror of going across’—new book is tribute to WWI Army private ‘Buddy’ Green
A spellbinding new work of fiction by a local judge reverently memorializes a Culpeper ancestor who died as a young man on the battlefields of France during World War I — 105 years ago today. [...]
Throwback Thursday: World War I’s “Cousins” Unite
A mere century earlier, America and Britain were at war. But by 1915, the family feud was over. The War of 1812, which was fought largely on American soil, could be seen as something of [...]
Discovering My Great-Grandfather’s World War I Tugboat
In August 2022, when I discovered that my great-grandfather John Faulkner served in the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet during World War I, I thought that concluded nearly three years of research into his life [...]
From trenches to trades: Michael Santoro’s World War I militaria collection
UB alum uses war memorabilia to honor “souls long forgotten” Nearly every inch of UB alum Michael Santoro’s bedroom is covered in World War I memorabilia: rare uniform pieces, medals, photos, letters, diaries and more. [...]
New memoir spotlights pioneering female surgeon’s World War I service
The book curates the diaries and letters of ‘double Red’ alum and Cornell trustee Mary Crawford 1904, MD 1907 “There has been a call for nurses and doctors to the Red Cross, for work abroad,” [...]
Ancestry’s U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 database
This database contains an index and images of World War I draft registration cards completed by approximately 24 million men living in the U.S. in 1917 and 1918. Information that may be found for an [...]
Hervey Allen’s Toward the Flame, Illustration, and the Legacy of Collective Memory of the First World War
Hervey Allen’s memoir Toward the Flame holds an important place in the legacy of the First World War and the book’s transformation to commemorative object with the release of the 1934 illustrated edition offers an [...]
