World War I
Artifacts
- USS Olympia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Model of USS Cheyenne
- Washington, DC
- World War I Uniform Jacket
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Stories
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US Enters WWI
World War I marked the first time that U.S. soldiers would said east to decide a major European war
The Lost Battalion
The doughboys numbered only 550 men&the remnants of four battalions&and were surrounded by Germans. Then they were given the order to attack
Meuse-Argonne: America's Bloodiest Battle
American doughboys proved their mettle in the forests and fields of eastern France during World War I
The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson
The great tragedy of the twenty-eighth President as witnessed by his loyal lieutenant, the thirty-first
Placards at the White House
In 1917, fed up with the inaction of conservative suffragists, Alice Paul decided on the unorthodox strategy of pressuring the president directly
The War That Changed the World
In the summer of 1914 the nations were at peace and the future seemed serene. Then the guns spoke, and things would never again be the same
Sites
- National World War I Museum
- Kansas City, Missouri
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Washington, DC
- Woodrow Wilson House and Museum
- Staunton, Virginia