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The Doughboy in the Garage Sale: How Sacred Artifacts End Up on Folding Tables
Imagine a folding table sitting under a pop-up canopy in a driveway somewhere in Indiana. On it, between a box of kitchen tools and a plastic snowman, lies a bayonet. Rusted a bit. Wrapped [...]
WWI Illustrators of America: How Harry Townsend and F.C. Yohn Helped Win the War
Join nationally renowned author, James Thompson, at the Norwalk Historical Society's Mill Hill Historic Park on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:00pm for an introspective look at World War I artists, most specifically Norwalk artists, [...]
Broadway’s Melissa Errico to present ‘The Story of a Rose’ at Alexandria concert hall
80% off original ticket price for military and first responders The performance blends song and speech as Errico explores the often-overlooked era of World War I through an American perspective. The presentation is produced [...]
‘Holy’ work: Stars of David replace crosses on stones of two WWI soldiers at national cemetery
“We have a sense, I think, of paying a long overdue debt to these men,” Shalom Lamm, the chief historian of Operation Benjamin, told attendees about Pfc. Adolph Hanf and Pvt. David Moser. (JNS) [...]
Military Contributions of Honduras in World War I
The involvement of Central American nations in World War I is often overshadowed by the larger powers that dominated the conflict. However, Honduras played a noteworthy role during this tumultuous period, contributing not only [...]
April 8, 1918: The Harlem Hellfighters joined the French Army in battling German forces
The 369th Infantry Regiment, which the Germans called the “Harlem Hellfighters,” joined the French Army in battling German forces. “The Hellfighters, the most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I, confronted racism, even as they [...]
‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I
(OSV News) -- Bombs, death, trench warfare -- all of the experiences as an Italian military chaplain would forever shape Father Angelo Roncalli's future life and ministry as a priest, bishop and eventually as Pope John [...]
Sculptor Sabin Howard Battles Modernists to Create Classical WWI Memorial
At a time when traditional values are under assault, master sculptor Sabin Howard is bringing classical beauty back to American culture—one bronze figure at a time. Howard, creator of “A Soldier’s Journey,” the World War I Memorial in [...]
After robust debate, U.S. entered World War I
Despite initial mandate to stay neutral, U.S. leaders voted to officially join Allies in the Great War on April 6, 1917 A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. [...]
