Even though Queen Victoria's descendants were on the thrones of Europe, those relatives were unable to prevent their countries from plunging into the chaos of war. This collection highlights what happened during the "forgotten war" and provides background for the WWI-based movie "1917."
Manfred von Richthofen- Germany's World War I ace - was credited with shooting down victims 79 and 80 on the 20th of April, 1918.
The Marquis de Lafayette became a Major General in the Continental Army of the American Colonies when he was just 19 years old.
Before and after casts for making masks line the wall of the Anna's Studio in Paris.
On the fourth Monday of May, Americans honor those who have died for their country. Hear a bugler playing "Taps," and learn about the history of this ...
Mollie Steimer was born in Russia on the 21st of November, 1897. Living in New York, she protest America's involvement in WWI and was deported, by the...
Before he became a pope, Giuseppe Sarto had a great deal of experience living among his parishoners. As Pope Pius X, he strongly opposed the outbreak ...
On the 1st of July, 1916, WWI fighting in France intensifies as the deadly Battle of the Somme begins.
During September of 1918, Dr. Victor Vaughan- former president of the American Medical Association and then-dean of the Medical School at the Universi...
Amidst the Spanish-Flu Pandemic, which impacted the world between 1918-1919, political cartoonists try to find a little humor despite all the bad news...
In the U.S., during World War I, the number of people who died from Spanish Flu exceeded the number of soldiers who were killed during the war.
Barbara Tuchman's famous book about World War I begins with a poignant passage about the last days of the Edwardian era (when color photography was fi...
A deadly train wreck near Nashville occurred on July 9, 1918 when two trains collided, head on, traveling between 50-60 mph. Contemporary news reports...
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