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In 1909, a best-selling book predicted WWI would never happen. Then it did.
Still, the author's main argument wasn't totally discredited. Key Takeaways Norman Angell’s book The Great Illusion argues war was becoming unprofitable, not impossible. In retrospect, World War I and II proved his point rather than discredited it. [...]
Moving time for the Bleckley plane
What many Wichitans consider the second most historic aircraft in the Air Capital (after B-29 Doc) - the historic DH-4 World War I biplane - has a new home in Wichita's Old Town. This 1918 [...]
WWI vets got the short end of the stick in the Great Depression. This was their answer.
Veterans risk their lives in the name of their country. But they often end up vulnerable when they return home. On some occasions throughout our history, treatment of veterans has gotten so bad that it [...]
Doughboy MIA For September 2023: First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington
A man is only missing if he is forgotten... Born on 1 May 1897 in Baden-Baden, Germany to American parents, our Doughboy of the Month is First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington, the only child of [...]
Review: The Hello Girls Answer The Call Down Under
It’s refreshing to see a local company take on a relatively unknown musical then bat it out of the ball-park with a brilliant production that deserved a much wider audience than had the opportunity to [...]
The 369th Experience to perform in 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®
Macy’s Invites Harlem Hellfighters Reenactment Band to New York City in November 2024 to Perform and Honor the Legendary Regiment The 369th Experience was selected to perform in the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®. This [...]
German sabotage actually damaged the Statue of Liberty during World War I
The most capable investigators looked at the sabotage of the Statue of Liberty, and even they were unable to identify the German saboteurs. During WWII, President Roosevelt said that America, "must be the great arsenal [...]
World War I helped popularize the modern bra
For nearly 400 years, women in Western Europe and North America were expected to wear corsets beneath their clothing — restrictive, binding bustiers that cinched at the waist and opened toward the chest to accentuate [...]
The Classics: Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun of World War I
Don’t hit ’em with the 9, hit ’em with the gauge. “If they move, kill ‘em.”—Pike Bishop (William Holden, “The Wild Bunch,” 1969) William Holden’s face filled the screen as he uttered those words during [...]
