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WWI Symposium Unites Historians and Attendees for Day of Learning and Networking
The Inaugural World War I Symposium, presented by the Doughboy Foundation, hosted at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 12, 2025, was a resounding success, establishing itself as a premier [...]
WWI shall never be forgotten
Dedicated in 1921, Liberty Memorial is now our nation’s museum tribute to the Great War While the centennial of the First World War has passed the significance of the conflict has not. The United [...]
American Heart In WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute brings America’s World War I story to life
Q&A with Historian John Monsky, Creator and Narrator of AMERICAN HEART IN WWI: A CARNEGIE HALL TRIBUTE Premieres Veterans Day, November 11, on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app. Powerful storytelling, [...]
“The young grow old quickly here”: Ruth Charlotte Bush, YMCA entertainer.
Ruth Charlotte Bush was born in February 1894 to Civil War veteran Theodore Bush and his wife, Charlotte Ann Arney Bush, in Kentland, IN. She had three sisters—Adah, Marie, and Alice—and writer George Ade was a [...]
Putting faces to their names: the search for photos of two African-American WWI soldiers
I am an artist and retired high school art teacher in Lynchburg, Va. During my teaching career I tried to create a special project each year to teach skills and expose my public school [...]
Special Armistice Day Celebration Event: “In Flanders Fields” at the Art Club of Washington, DC
This Veterans Day, November 11, (previously Armistice Day,) join us in a music-theatre program in remembrance of ancestors and others lost to commemorate what was known as “the war to end all wars.” [...]
The Doughboy Foundation Elects Three New Board Members
The Doughboy Foundation (DBF), the non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of World War I, is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Board of Directors: Michael Basile, Emily [...]
The U.S. Army – Its History of Fighting On Foreign Soil
The “See the World” slogan has been a recurring theme in United States Navy recruitment efforts for decades, while the Marines’ Hymn highlights the United States Marine Corps’ foreign deployments in wartime. Yet, when [...]
The WWI Professor will debut at Verizon Innovative Learning online event Nov. 4
Verizon Innovative Learning Presents “Elevating Innovation: Thinking in an AI World” Virtual Conference We are just days away from the Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference, hosted by Verizon Innovative Learning. The Doughboy Foundation’s colleague and [...]
