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Truman’s ‘Rough Bunch’: Future President Learned Leadership Lessons In WWI
He was a decisive, plain-spoken leader who became the 33rd president of the United States. But more than two decades before he became president, Harry Truman served as an artillery officer in World War I. [...]
What The World Would Look Like If World War I Never Happened
World War I was the product of Europe's principal powers forging webs of alliances, pledging to defend one another in the event any were invaded. These competing networks, combined with long-standing ethnic and border rivalries, exploded [...]
Call on the Hill for the Hello Girls Seeks Support for Congressional Gold Medal Legislation
The Call on the Hill for the Hello Girls took place the week of January 18, as representatives of the World War I Centennial Commission, the Doughboy Foundation, descendants of two of the World [...]
The Impacts Of World War I That Are Still Felt Today
It's been more than a century since World War I started and ended, but the effects of the conflict can still be seen across the 21st-century geo-political landscape 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the [...]
Eddie Rickenbacker an American Icon: Father of the Indianapolis 500
American "Ace of Aces" in WWI raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 1915, and would eventually own the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1936. At the turn of the twentieth century, the everyday life of the [...]
National World War I Memorial had over one million visitors in 2023
Continued visitor growth expected in 2024 leading up to sculpture installation later in year According to statistics provided by the National Park Service, over one million people visited the National World War I Memorial in [...]
During World War I, cats were used in the trenches to boost morale
The Great War was such a difficult time, some soldiers sought out the assistance and comfort of four-legged friends — including cats, who were used in the trenches to boost morale. Dogs, homing pigeons, foxes, [...]
ARNSF features presentation on change management through the lens of WWI
The Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Foundation’s Simons Center kicked off the new year with an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Jan. 18, 2024, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City, MO. [...]
As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict’s Horrors to the Public
An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be communicated More than [...]
