World War I created many of the political, cultural, and economic fault lines of the world today. Pr
In 1914, as German forces quickly outmaneuvered Allied armies in the opening days of the war, there
When World War I began, the famed historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois w
In the winter of 1918, General John J. Pershing presented then Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur w
In 1890, half of the US Government’s budget was devoted to disability pensions for Civil War veteran
Between 1914-1916, Portugal walked a delicate line. While actively engaged in an undeclared war with
When WWI began in 1914, Catholic priests were virtual pariahs in France. This was the result of a tr
On Feb. 8, 2022, a local undertaker was digging a grave in the cemetery at Villers-sur-Fère, a smal
On October 8, 1918, seventeen American soldiers of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry, 82nd Di
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby tells the novel’s narrator about his World War
The Battle of Gallipoli was fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula from February 19, 1915 to January 9, 1
When WWI broke out in 1914, women in eight states – mostly in the west – had the right to vote. Wome
The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 removed obstacles to American women exercising their
In 2022, US Army COL Charles Young was posthumously promoted to brigadier general – a rank he likely
Part 3 of 3. Andrew Phillps, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA retu
Part 2 of 3. Andrew Phillps, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA retu
Part 1 of 3. Woodrow Wilson - the professor turned president and a very complicated figure in Americ
In 1899, Queen Victoria decided to send a small brass box containing chocolate to her soldiers fight
During WWI, efforts were made on all sides to provide servicemen with identity tags to assist with i
Africa is sometimes referred to as a “sideshow” of World War I, but that label is misleading. As wi
At the turn of the 20th Century, many in the West were quite confident that they were living in the
