#world-war-i

#world-war-i

Soldiers, veterans, politicians and onloookers gathered in Ypres in western Belgium on Tuesday to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918. They laid wreaths, often commemorative poppies, at the newly renovated Menin Gate memorial to the fallen in Ypres, a Belgian town at the heart of the fighting more or less throughout the four-year war which became synonymous with the conflict on the Western Front.

Having a real good time, the letter pulled from inside a glass Schweppes bottle said. Food is real good so far, with the exception of one meal, which we buried at sea. Neville, who was killed in action in France in April 1917, aged 28, had departed Adelaide aboard a troopship three days earlier. The dear old (HMAT) Ballarat is heaving and rolling, but we are as happy as Larry, he wrote of the ship, which was later torpedoed and sank in April 1917.

David's a musicologist, even if he might not apply that word, which had only been coined a couple of decades prior. More colloquially, he's a song collector, making regular treks into rural America to record, on wax cylinders, the traditional airs that European immigrants brought with them and made their own, and which would go on to form one of the major support beams in the American musical edifice.

In "The History of Sound," a new romantic drama set during and after the First World War, passion is an intensely private thing, and in more ways than you might expect. Love and desire are not simply expressed in the sweaty vigor of bodies in bed; the two central characters are turned on, and brought together, by moments of quietly harmonious convergence, rooted in shared qualities of heightened perception, cultivated taste, and specialized knowledge.

The Harlem Hellfighters of the New York National Guard's 369th Infantry Regiment were posthumously honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal. They received the highest civilian honor given by Congress, decades after their service during World War I was largely ignored by top military brass and amid broader efforts to revisit how American history is remembered. "It's never too late to do the right thing," said Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., at the Wednesday ceremony celebrating the troops and their families.

Shortly after the Wright brothers' first successful manned flight in 1903, the potential military applications of aviation technology became increasingly apparent. In 1907, the U.S. Army established the Army Signal Corps, a small division devoted to aeronautics. By 1912, the Signal Corps had nine aircraft and an annual budget of $125,000-about $4 million in current dollars. Investment in the Signal Corps ballooned during the First World War, a conflict defined in part by the deployment of military aircraft for reconnaissance, tactical support,

The Russian Provisional Government, a series of unelected coalitions, briefly governed from March to November 1917, losing power to the Bolsheviks amid crises.

Daniel Kraus' Angel Down portrays five World War I soldiers who discover a fallen angel, initiating a narrative rich in survival, supernatural intrigue, and ethical dilemmas.

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, stating that bans violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

Captain Wilson gave his life to protect our great country and his identification is a reminder of the sacrifices that he and all Canadians who served have made as well as their families.

History is often told through major events, but a decision-centered history would prioritize the decisions leading up to those events, focusing on the cognitive processes involved.

The new memorial design by Oshinowo Studio, commissioned by the CWGC, aims to honor the fallen of the Sierra Leone Carrier Corps in World War I.

President Trump suggested renaming Veterans Day as Victory Day for World War I and V-E Day as Victory Day for World War II to celebrate U.S. military achievements.

Dr Emile J Dillon, War Writer, Dead" was the main headline on a New York Times article published on June 10, 1933. "Former Correspondent of the London Telegraph: Noted as Scholarly Journalist," a secondary headline recorded. An obituary in the Irish Independent described Dillon as 'a famous figure' who had once been 'the best-informed man in Europe.'