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100 years of advancing health care for women Veterans
This Women’s History Month, VA celebrates 100 years of advancing health care for women Veterans. The milestones and achievements throughout the last 100 years are integral chapters in the story of VA. This recognition includes [...]
SC African American WWI soldiers receive recognition century later
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — “I am so elated. And happy and proud. Proud is the most important word I can use right now.” That’s a sentiment that Perry W. James IV shared as the City of [...]
Daughter of highly decorated WWI veteran turns 90
A special birthday celebration took place at the Bowling Green, KY First Church of the Nazarene on Saturday, Feb. 25. Betsy York-Lowery, daughter of World War One veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Alvin [...]
The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history
[Editor’s note: In 1992, Yeoman Senior Chief Vince Patton (later MCPOCG #8) interviewed retired Commissary Steward First Class Alphonzo F. Barbour and published this story in the Commandant’s Bulletin magazine. Barbour was born in 1892, [...]
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force – Updates in the Early Years Gallery
Prompted by centenary commemorations for historic milestones of the First World War in recent years, many museums chose to revamp some of their exhibits celebrating the sacrifices involved in that conflict; the National Museum of the [...]
Formal mitigation recommendation for WWI memorial pillars sent to CDOT
A Boulder County group has sent formal recommendation to the Colorado Department of Transportation for the WWI Road of Remembrance gateway pillars be relocated to the northwest corner of the intersection of Arapahoe Road and [...]
Women in World War I Sparked Remarkable Changes
It was the cultural norm that married women and many single women stayed home tied to the household and did not work. So, how, and when did American women enter the workforce? The answer is [...]
Fate Is the Reason I’m Here Today
I’m blessed because my grandfather came home from the First World War More than 100 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which led to the onset of World War I, America [...]
William J. Powell, Aviator and Entrepreneur
William J. Powell was a tireless promoter of African American participation in the budding field of flight. In an era when daredevil pilots captured the imagination of the masses, Powell recognized that aviation also presented [...]
