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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 [...]
War Is Hell…On the Environment
These WWI Poisons Continue to Lurk In Shells Beneath the Soil, To Leak and To Spread. Their Effects Are Still Deadly. Warfare’s impact on nature and the environment is not often discussed in military history [...]
Honoring World War I “Balloon Buster” Frank Luke Jr.
The Historical Thread Connecting a Balloon over the United States to the Skies above World War I Europe On February 6, 2023, Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. [...]
How Valiant Hearts: Coming Home Honors The Harlem Hellfighters
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, the sequel to the award-winning Valiant Hearts: The Great War, is available now exclusively for Netflix members on the Netflix mobile app. The game tells the stories of four ordinary people dealing [...]
Citizenship for conscientious objectors in the wake of World War I
Exploring Hurdles to Gain Citizenship In the wake of World War I, the U.S. Bureau of Naturalization inserted a new question into the application for prospective citizens: “If necessary, are you willing to take up [...]
