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A Name not found on the Wall of Honor: A Forgotten Story of World War I Sacrifice
Four years ago I wrote an article on Ohio Counties Memorializing their World War I deaths in service. While I was reading period newspapers to research the local World War I deaths in service I [...]
The Battle of the Skirt
How Flappers and World War I Transformed the Fashion Industry I can show my shoulders, I can show my knees; I’m a free-born American And can show what I please. *** On August 23, 1923, [...]
Meet the American who inspired American Legion Baseball, John Griffith, WWI vet and sports pioneer
John Griffith inspired the creation of American Legion Baseball from coast to coast — here is his home-run story Major John Griffith envisioned a nation made better, healthier and stronger — more powerful and patriotic — and [...]
World War I history exhibit at Greater Parkersburg, WV CVB
PARKERSBURG — The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau is hosting a new World War I exhibit focused on two Parkersburg residents who lived and served in the Great War during the turbulent years of [...]
US to destroy last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to WWI
Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent that are the last of the United States' declared chemical weapons and completing a decadeslong campaign At a [...]
WWI memorial plans unveiled in time for July 4 in DeKalb
Progress on new DeKalb veterans WWI brick memorial unveiled in time for July 4, final completion set for Nov. 11 Organizers behind a new brick memorial tucked near the Veterans Memorial at the ELKS Lodge [...]
The Old Man and War
Ernest Hemingway's wartime service in WWI and beyond Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, whose adventurous lifestyle and world-famous literary oeuvre both captured the public’s imagination as [...]
Arizona At War – World War I
“The standard of respectability in America today is to own a home, own Liberty Bonds and have a war garden.” – Phoenix Tribune, August 24,1918 World War I may have started as a fight between [...]
Brunswick County WWI Veteran Receives Purple Heart
As we celebrate the birth of our nation, it seems natural to pay homage to those who sacrificed and fought to create our country and to protect our freedoms. One such man was recently recognized [...]
