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The War to End all Wars, The Great War, La Der des Ders*
This is 2018, one hundred years after the end of World War I (and 74 years after the end of WWII). I realized how little I knew about this war that changed ...
Remembering World War I with Willa Cather
One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather, an American writer, that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska ...
Bearing the Torch – the American Hospital of Paris during WWI
Since its inception, the American Hospital of Paris has played a unique role in French-American relations.
World War I was no exception to the rule.
On ...
A Visit to the Place des Etats-Unis
Looking for a way to commemorate this particularly special Veteran’s Day which is the 100th anniversary of the armistice of WWI? Visit the Place ...
Marianne? A new version on the stamp
First of all who the à#@H!! is Marianne?
She is one of the symbols, one of the incarnations of France! If you take a minute to look around you’ll ...
American WWI Museum opens for centennial
American WWI Museum opens for centennial
By Gary Lee Kraut
The museum, like the monument above it, is the work of the American Battle Monuments Commission. ...
