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Upstate volunteers work to preserve WWI history with memorial park
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - After three years of pushing for change, a group of Upstate volunteers is one step closer to creating a memorial park to honor the legacy of a lesser-known division [...]
Ken Beaton: ‘Number please’
What the heck is a “Hello Girl?” She was an educated woman, fluent in English and French who served her country as a telephone operator in war-torn France during World War I. The commanding officer [...]
Connecticut Artist Sculpts “Masterpiece” for World War I Memorial in D.C.
Sabin Howard is a renaissance man. As an artist, his sculptural work evokes the classics like Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Bernini, the influences — or “guides,” as he describes — of his ethic. His showroom in [...]
Protecting the Lines: Telephone Operators and Security during World War I
In March 1918, Catherine Schmid was arrested for violating the U.S. espionage act. In her possession was a trunk supposedly containing plans and photographs of various U.S. defenses, which, according to the El Paso Herald, [...]
The Founding of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: A Story about Service, Sacrifice and Love
Founded in 1928 and Congressionally Chartered in 1984, American Gold Star Mothers began their mission of serving Veterans when the United States entered World War I in 1917 The Story of Our Founder – Grace Darling [...]
Lynchburg alum helps lead fundraising efforts for National World War I Memorial, which celebrates ‘First Illumination’ on Sept. 13
At sunset on Friday, Sept. 13, Phil Mazzara ’70 will join a select group of dignitaries, major donors, and other VIPs for the “First Illumination” of the National World War I Memorial’s centerpiece sculpture, “A [...]
Nation’s Capital Prepares To Celebrate Veterans Of WWI And All Wars With Magnificent Renaissance Memorial
In 2016, master sculptor Sabin Howard won the international design competition for the National WWI Memorial. He and his teammate architect-in-training Joe Weishaar beat 360 teams from around the world for the great honor of memorializing the [...]
The American Girl of the Signal Corps Abroad
If you like treasure hunts, solving mysteries and maybe surprises, then you will like, if not, love genealogy. My genealogy journey about the life and times of maternal grandmother has been a wealth of all [...]
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe – 400: Born Cancelled with Sabin Howard
Master Sculptor Sabin Howard is known as America’s Michelangelo for his work in, and deep knowledge of, Modern Classicism. On September 13, 2024, he will unveil his newest work, the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C., called A [...]
