World War I
Martin Luther King and Gandhi Weren’t the Only Ones Inspired By Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’
Thoreau's essay became a cornerstone of 20th-century protest
The Forgotten Man Who Transformed Journalism in America
Lowell Thomas was the first host of a TV broadcast news program, and adopted a number of other new technologies to make his mark in the 20th century
Oxford Is Digitizing UK's World War I Memorabilia
The Lest We Forget Project is asking people to bring in letters, photos and objects from the Great War to be recorded for a free online database
“I Hope It Is Not Too Late”: How the U.S. Decided to Send Millions of Troops Into World War I
The Allies were desperate for reinforcements, but the U.S. wasn’t quite ready to provide them
Edith Wharton Recruited the World’s Greatest Artists to Raise Money for WWI Refugees
A century ago, the famous author took it upon herself to help those left behind by the war’s carnage
How a Single Paragraph Paved the Way for a Jewish State
The Balfour Declaration changed the course of history with just one sentence
How World War I Changed Weather Forecasting for Good
Prior to the Great War, weather forecasters had never considered using mathematical modeling
The Animals That Helped Win World War I
Newly digitized photos tell the story of animals that fought as soldiers during the Great War
How Shaving Brushes Gave World War I Soldiers Anthrax
A new paper looks back on an old epidemic—and raises fresh questions about antique shaving brushes
To Protect Allied WWI Soldiers, This Researcher Tested an Early Gas Mask on Himself
John Haldane developed a rudimentary respirator that protected wearers against chlorine gas—at least for a few minutes
From This Desk, 100 Years Ago, U.S. Operations in World War I Were Conceived
Germany's defeat could be traced to pins in a map now on display at the Smithsonian's American History Museum
How Woodrow Wilson’s Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism
The media are still feeling the impact of an executive order signed in 1917 that created 'the nation's first ministry of information'
How Humble Moss Healed the Wounds of Thousands in World War I
The same extraordinary properties that make this plant an “ecosystem engineer” also helped save human lives
Network of WWI Training Tunnels and Trenches Found in England
They were meant to prepare soldiers for gruelling conditions on the frontlines of Belgium and France
After Nearly a Century in Storage, These World War I Artworks Still Deliver the Vivid Shock of War
Pulled from the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Claggett Wilson's watercolors are in a traveling show
When Artists Became Soldiers and Soldiers Became Artists
A rare opportunity to see works by the American Expeditionary Force's World War I illustration corps, and newly found underground soldier carvings
This Luxury Hotel in London Was Once a Secret Spy Base
St. Ermin’s Hotel has sat at the middle of British secret intelligence since the 1930s
In a Czar-less Russia, Winning Was Easy. Governing Was Harder.
Now without a sovereign, Russia’s provisional government sought to maintain peace at home while waging a world war
The Women Who Fried Donuts and Dodged Bombs on the Front Lines of WWI
Even if they had to use shell casings as rolling pins, the donuts still got made
Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield
Tensions ran high when President Wilson quashed the return of the former president’s Rough Riders
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