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4 Brutal World War I Trench Weapons That Look Horrifying Today
World War I placed modern armies inside cramped trench systems where a full-length rifle could become awkward and noisy gunfire might expose a raiding party. Soldiers often relied on compact weapons built for close, sudden [...]
Youth in Action: How One High School Student is Keeping WWI History Alive
Dispatch: Juliette, as a student leader, you bridge the gap between academic history and Gen Z. Many of our readers are historians and older generations who have spent their lives remembering our veterans. Why [...]
Discovering the legacy of my great-grandfather’s Navy Yard service
The recent nationwide celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary allowed me the chance to reflect upon the extraordinary legacy of my great-grandfather John Faulkner who worked as a carpenter at the Philadelphia Navy Yard following [...]
World War I and America
This article explains why the United States stayed neutral at first, what pushed it into World War I, how it fought, what changed at home, and why the peace split the country. America entered [...]
Swedes in the 361st Regiment, 91st Division, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive – Remembered through the diary of Ernest J A Erickson.
Reading the text in the war diary of Ernest Julius Alfred Ersson Erickson brings me to tears. The reason for this is the great connection I have established to one of the relatives to [...]
How did weather play a role during World War I for the Allies?
As the 250th birthday of the United States has officially passed, its history remains forever ingrained in our nation’s roots, as we look back at the events that took place and the help from allies that shaped it. [...]
JTF-DC JIC: Preserving History
WASHINGTON — The echoes of 1918 rang out at the World War I Memorial as the Doughboy Foundation’s American Expeditionary Forces Headquarters Band played center stage, July 23, 2026, delivering a living-history performance titled “From the [...]
See the faces of the Colorado National Guard members who fought in WWI
The Colorado National Guard is honoring the lives of its members who fought in World War I, 112 years after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. What initially started as a [...]
Honoring a Hidden Hero: Renee Messelin Remembered
The Hello Girls Military Honors and Remembrance Project (M-HARP), a program of the Doughboy Foundation, recently hosted a memorial dedication ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, honoring World War I Army [...]
