Rochester resident Helen McCracken experienced a jolt of recognition from an unexpected source recently. Leafing through the Post-Bulletin, McCracken found herself looking at a photo of a familiar ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla — It’s a heavy burden to remember, but the laminated pages in Jack Romberg's archives carry the weight. “Richard Stern is my ... was my great uncle," Romberg said. “He was a hero for ...
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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Reenactors portraying German World War I soldiers discussed their uniforms, equipment, and the difficulties the common soldier faced. They were ...
WASHINGTON -- America's entry into World War I began with a year-long buildup beginning in April 1917. By late spring and early summer of 1918, that buildup was nearly complete. In response, the ...
Sharecroppers, pastors and sawmill workers from South Carolina who'd been drafted into the Army and shaped into soldiers were at the bottom of Hill 188. German machine guns and troops were entrenched ...
“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...
Bertie Felstead, one of the last survivors of the informal Christmas truces between British and German soldiers during World War I, died Sunday at a nursing home in Gloucester, England. He was 106.
Five avenues west of the United Nations is Park Avenue, home to Grand Central Terminal and a slew of corporate headquarters. For one week at the end of April 1919, the stretch between 45th and 50th ...