This President’s Son Was One of the Most Famous WWI Deaths Quentin Roosevelt was a flight leader in the 95th, and despite his famous family, he was very much a regular guy.
World War I: The Question of Blame Who was to blame for the First World War? The history books offer us no shortage of candidates.
World War I: Overview More than a century ago, in 1914, war broke out on an international scale as 30 countries joined the First World War.
World War I: Schlieffen and His Plan German commander Alfred Graf von Schlieffen developed a plan against France and Russia that would have a profound effect on...
This President’s Son Overcame Age, Health Issues on D-Day to Earn the Medal of Honor Teddy Roosevelt Jr., the son of the nation's 26th president, served as a brigadier general leading the 4th Infantry Division...
Origins of the July Crisis: Lighting the Fuse Is it possible that one of the most destructive wars in human history was the result of a teenager's lunch choice? A...
3 Historic Wars That Are Technically Still Alive Today International diplomacy is a sort of constantly evolving, tangled mess.
Harlem Hellfighters Personnel Record Cards Can Now Be Found Online Stories about members of New York's historic 369th Infantry Regiment, recently featured in a graphic novel, "The Harlem...
Untold Stories of the Harlem Hellfighters of World War I The first Black American infantry regiment to fight in World War I, the 369th spent more time in the trenches and under fire...
The National WWI Museum and Memorial Brings New Life to Old Media with GIFs GIFs are animated sprites that can take a few seconds of video and embed them on a webpage.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...