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Harold A. Furlong: Michigan’s Only Native Son to Receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War I
Harold Furlong was born in Pontiac, Michigan Aug. 1, 1895 where he was raised and graduated from Pontiac High School. He interrupted his college education at Michigan Agricultural College (later became Michigan State University) when [...]
The writing of “On Assignment -The Great War”
Writing On Assignment: The Great War started with the Internet. I had just finished writing a self-help consumer book The California Lemon Law – When Your New Vehicle Goes Sour and decided to look-up some grade-school [...]
Efforts Renewed for Congressional Gold Medal to Honor World War I ‘Hello Girls’
A proposed Congressional Gold Medal to honor the “Hello Girls,” the pioneering World War I Army Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, is receiving renewed bipartisan attention in the House and Senate. The medal push [...]
The Doughboy Foundation partners with “Google Arts & Culture”
Google Arts & Culture is a non-commercial initiative from Google that puts the treasures, stories and knowledge of over 2,000 cultural institutions from 80 countries at everyone’s fingertips and the Doughboy Foundation is honored to [...]
Journey Log: Centennial
My father, Andre Sterkendries, was born in 1924 in the town of Neerhespen, Belgium. As a young man, he worked on locomotives at the nearby railways and his father worked at a track change station. [...]
The Doughboy Foundation has partnered with Verizon to bring the WWI Memorial “Virtual Explorer” AR App to K-12 educators
The Doughboy Foundation and Verizon have executed a Partnership Agreement to bring the award-winning WWI Memorial “Virtual Explorer” App and other supporting WWI Educational materials to Verizon Innovative Learning HQ . The Verizon Innovative Learning [...]
Matthew Barker, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Member: “Nothing is more humbling than playing Taps.”
Matthew Barker Daily Taps at the National WWI Memorial in Washington, DC This month, Matthew Barker, who prefers to be called Matt, shares his unique story with us as one of the buglers who sounds [...]
The National World War I Memorial Has a Doughboy in Full Uniform Playing ‘Taps’ Every Night
A daily rendition of "Taps" by a bugler dressed in the garb of the American Expeditionary Force at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC is a joint effort by two nonprofit organizations: [...]
NJ artist gives veterans preview of sculpture for World War I Memorial
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - It's been more than a labor of love for Sabin Howard. With each carve, the New Jersey sculptor remembers and honors the brave Americans who fought in the first world war. [...]
