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Armenian refugees on the deck of a French cruiser that rescued them in 1915 during the massacre of the Armenian populations in the Ottoman Empire.

Biden Could Call The Massacres Of Armenians Genocide. Here's What That Means

Apr 23, 2021
U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to recognize the World War I-era mass killing and deportation of Armenians as genocide — even if it makes Turkey angry.
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Code Switch
Members of the Japanese American Mochida family, in Hayward, Calif., await relocation to an incarceration camp during World War II.

A Century Later: The Treaty Of Versailles And Its Rejection Of Racial Equality

Aug 11, 2019
A century ago, Japan submitted a proposal for racial equality in the Treaty of Versailles. The U.S. struck it down. What followed had implications for World War II and Japanese Americans.
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Law

Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of World War I Memorial Cross On Public Land

Feb 27, 2019
The American Humanist Association is challenging the existence of a 40-foot cross on government-owned land, but the Trump administration hopes a newly conservative majority will agree to let it stand.
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National
The USS San Diego — seen here on Jan. 28, 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet — was sunk 100 years ago off the coast of Long Island, N.Y.

Mystery Blast Sank The USS San Diego in 1918. New Report Reveals What Happened

Dec 11, 2018
A team of researchers had been trying to determine whether the armored cruiser was lost to sabotage, an accident or an attack.
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World
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron speak inside the Élysée Palace in Paris on Saturday. Trump is joining other global leaders to mark the end of World War I a century ago.

Trump's Meeting In Paris To Commemorate End Of World War I Starts With A Spat

Nov 10, 2018
Before a meeting of world leaders meant to signal that tragedies of the war are long past, the U.S. president called the French president's proposal for a European military "insulting."
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History
The U.S. military needed skilled operators to handle the telephones in World War I. Known as the Hello Girls, 223 U.S. women served in France. Some worked near the front lines with Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing, the top U.S. commander. Here, the women

100 Years On, The 'Hello Girls' Are Recognized For World War I Heroics

Nov 09, 2018
More than 200 American women played a crucial role in the war as telephone operators. But when the shooting stopped, they weren't considered veterans and their story was largely forgotten. Until now.
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National
President Trump was impressed with a Bastille Day parade when he visited France in 2017, inspiring him to request a military review for Washington, D.C. The date for that parade is now uncertain.

No Veterans Day Military Parade This Year; DOD Looking At Dates In 2019

Aug 16, 2018
The procession through Washington, D.C., requested by President Trump and set for November, has been delayed. Reports estimated its cost at $92 million, although the defense secretary scoffs at that.
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Parallels
A view of the Vladivostok harbor. U.S. and other foreign troops began landing at the city's port in 1918.

In Russia, Scant Traces And Negative Memories Of A Century-Old U.S. Intervention

May 28, 2018
As Americans accuse the Kremlin of interfering in their elections, and Russians fiercely deny it, there's no debating that the U.S. once intervened militarily in Russia — with few, if any, results.
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National
A girl visits The Poppy Memorial, a wall of 645,000 poppy flowers to honor the service members who have died since World War I. The USAA made the memorial that stands on the National Mall.

A Wall of Poppies Honors Fallen Soldiers On The National Mall

May 26, 2018
In Washington, D.C., a dramatic memorial of bright red flowers pays tribute to men and women who died in uniform.
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The Two-Way
Notre Dame de Paris has drawn large audiences with a commemoration of the end of World War I and has drawn attention to its own need for expensive repairs.

Spectacular Light Show At Notre Dame Cathedral Commemorates World War I

Nov 10, 2017
A stunning display of color and technology illuminates the medieval cathedral's facade and tells a story about history, war and survival.
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The Salt
Some of the traditional vegetables grown at the commemorative war garden at the Library of Congress.

Historical Veggies Take Root In D.C. War Garden

Oct 12, 2017
To commemorate 100 years since the U.S. entered WWI, the gardens outside the Library of Congress have been transformed into a traditional war garden — producing heirloom vegetables of the past.
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The Two-Way
A 1915 poster urged the British public to buy war bonds. The previous year, the Bank of England had concealed the failure of the first round of bond-selling.

'Financial Times' Issues 103-Year-Old Correction

Aug 08, 2017
In 1914, the newspaper reported that applications were "pouring in" for WWI war bonds. Researchers at the Bank of England, analyzing old records, have discovered that wasn't remotely true.
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Nevada Yesterdays
WW I American troops train on French weapons
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World War I, Part I

Apr 17, 2017

On April 6, 1917, Congress declared war. Woodrow Wilson said it was necessary to make the world safe for democracy. We didn’t entirely succeed at that. We also didn’t entirely fail.

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History
German-born Robert Prager was lynched in Collinsville, Ill., in 1918. Some Germans and German-Americans were attacked during World War I.

During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture

Apr 07, 2017
As the U.S. entered World War I, German culture was erased as the government promoted the unpopular war through anti-German propaganda. This backlash culminated in the lynching of a German immigrant.
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Parallels
The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, where ceremonies are being held Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into the war.

At A Hefty Cost, World War I Made The U.S. A Major Military Power

Apr 06, 2017
The U.S. was a reluctant entrant into World War I. But when America joined the battle 100 years ago, on April 6, 1917, it transformed a small military in a major international force almost overnight.
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History
U.S. horses were loaded onto transport ships that went from the U.S. to European ports and later to the war front.

The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them

Apr 06, 2017
April 6 marks 100 years since the U.S. entered World War I. Years before, the U.S. supported the effort by sending over thousands of horses — who were so important that Germans plotted to kill them.
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Parallels
American World War I fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker poses with his plane in this undated photo. During the war, airplanes were employed at first for reconnaissance, but air battles soon followed as each side tried to shoot down the enemy's observation

From Wristwatches To Radio, How World War I Ushered In The Modern World

Apr 02, 2017
The war is remembered for trench warfare, millions of deaths and the failure to bring lasting peace. But it also brought together emerging technologies, remaking life on and off the battlefield.
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The Two-Way
Wreaths lay at the Stone of Remembrance after the Commemoration of the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Thiepval Memorial on Friday.

A Century After The Battle Of The Somme, Europe Gathers To Honor The Fallen

Jul 01, 2016
On July 1, 1916, nearly 20,000 British soldiers died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in northern France. The battle went on for months, and more than a million men were killed or injured.
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The Salt
During World War I, ships bringing imported food supplies into Britain were extremely vulnerable to German U-boat attack. By 1917, 400 Allied ships a month were being sunk. Although wheat was imported from new sources, and Britain's own harvest reached r

Save The Fleet, Eat Less Wheat: The Patriotic History Of Ditching Bread

Feb 23, 2016
Finding bread alternatives may seem like a thoroughly modern obsession. But during both world wars, consumers were urged to give up their white bread habit for the national good.
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Parallels
British troops advancing at Gallipoli in August 1915.

Remembering Gallipoli, A WWI Battle That Shaped Today's Middle East

Apr 24, 2015
The clash at Gallipoli was one of the most memorable fights of World War I — and one of the most consequential. Its reverberations are still felt to this day in the chaotic Middle East.
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Parallels
An Armenian protester holds a sign reading "1915 never again" as she takes part in a demonstration near the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on January 28.

Last Armenian Village In Turkey Keeps Silent About 1915 Slaughter

Apr 22, 2015
The Ottomans killed some 1.5 million Armenians a century ago, and many Armenians are talking about that terrible time as the centennial begins this week. But not the Armenians in one Turkish village.
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The Two-Way
Prelates take pictures as Pope Francis celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday.

Pope's Remarks On Armenian 'Genocide' Spark Row With Turkey

Apr 12, 2015
Francis, marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, described the deaths as a "genocide," causing Turkey to recall its Vatican ambassador.
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