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September 18, 2023

World War I-era plane flips on its roof while trying to land at Massachusetts museum

Authorities in Massachusetts say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over near the American Heritage Museum in Stow on Sunday.

September 5, 2023

Belgium, France seek to get WWI memorials recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites

In about two weeks, the United Nations will decide whether numerous World War I memorials spanning western Belgium and northern France should be recognized as World Heritage sites.

August 16, 2023

Jack Carr's take on T. E. Lawrence, or 'Lawrence of Arabia': Book on warfare should be 'required reading'

Jack Carr is a bestselling novelist and author of the upcoming "Targeted" nonfiction series about terror events. Here, he weighs in on Lawrence of Arabia, one of his "heroes."

May 10, 2023

British soldier laid to rest 106 years after WWI disappearance

Pvt. Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a British soldier who disappeared in Belgium during World War I, was laid to rest Wednesday, four years after his remains were identified.

April 12, 2023

Michigan researchers locate pair of century-old shipwrecks in Lake Superior

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of two lumber-shipping vessels that sank in Lake Superior in 1914.

April 7, 2023

Crucifix found in debris after WWI battle in France is being returned to church over 100 years later

A World War I crucifix that was discovered in rubble will finally be reunited with its home church in France. The cross has been in England for the last 87 years, SWNS reported.

March 16, 2023

Families of Coast Guardsmen killed in World War I receive relatives’ Purple Hearts

The descendants of U.S. Coast Guardsmen killed in a German U-boat attack during World War I were posthumously awarded Purple Hearts Thursday.

December 30, 2022

Meet the American who saved the Champagne industry: Missouri scientist Charles Valentine Riley

Charles Valentine Riley was a Missouri scientist credited with saving the French wine industry from an invasive pest called phylloxera by grafting French vines to American roots.

December 16, 2022

Meet the American who planted the first Christmas tree farm: New Jersey entrepreneur W. V. McGalliard

William V. McGalliard planted America's first Christmas tree farm in White Horse, New Jersey, in 1901. He helped fuel the nation's 20th-century surge in having Christmas trees at home.

December 6, 2022

Rare Civil War, WWI military items made by Tiffany & Co. to hit Illinois auction block

Rock Island Auction Company in Illinois is putting three Tiffany & Co. creations with military significance up for auction including two Civil War-era swords and a WWI naval aviator pin.