Nov 08 Unknown British soldier buried before WWI 100th anniversary By Associated Press Each year, the remains of some 40 British soldiers killed during World War I are found on Europe's battlefields. Continue reading
Mar 16 6 books that remember women’s oft-forgotten WWI contributions By Alison Thoet This year marks 100 years since the end of World War I, the first time women were directly involved in the war effort. A detailed estimate of women’s total efforts is hard to come by, but these books shed light… Continue reading
Apr 06 Photos: When tanks replaced horses, and the birth of other WWI weapons By Larisa Epatko It was 100 years ago today that the United States officially entered World War I, when Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 7:25 How American artists captured the Great War up close By PBS News Hour It was a cataclysmic, world-shattering and world-shaping event. Today we can relive the visceral human effects of World War I through a new exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, which showcases a myriad of iconic images and art… Continue watching
Oct 02 Video artist, MacArthur fellow Mary Reid Kelley on recovering history’s lost narratives By Corinne Segal To talk to Mary Reid Kelley, a newly-named MacArthur genius, is to walk with her through history. Continue reading
Mar 07 Here’s what BMW did before it made luxury cars By Larisa Epatko BMW turns 100 years old on Monday. Before the company made high-end motorcycles and cars, it powered some of Germany’s preeminent fighter airplanes as far back as World War I. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 6:53 Keeping the memory of WWI alive with plans for a national memorial By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans who served during the Great War may soon be memorialized in the nation’s capital. The winning design by 25-year-old architect Joe Weishaar was selected from more than 360 proposals for the National World War I Memorial in… Continue watching
Jan 26 Washington to build new memorial to mark 100th anniversary of WWI’s end By Erik Andersen A winning proposal has been selected for a new World War I memorial that would be one block from the White House in the nation’s capital, the World War I Centennial Commission announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 5:17 Righting a wrong nearly 100 years later, two soldiers receive Medal of Honor posthumously By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama posthumously bestowed the Medal of Honor on two World War I veterans whose heroic acts nearly 100 years ago went unrecognized in an age of discrimination. Sgt. William Shemin and Pvt. Henry Johnson were recognized with the… Continue watching
May 25 ‘I won’t eat no more ice cream’ and other propaganda posters of WWI By Larisa Epatko During World War I, posters beckoned civilians to join the armed forces and beseeched State-side warriors to conserve wheat and sugar, all in the name of helping the troops. Continue reading