About WWI

Portable Communion sets allowed chaplains to bring the spiritual comfort of sacraments to service members wherever they were stationed, even under active bombardment.

In almost every country involved in WWI, propaganda played its part as a munition of the war.

This small charm highlights chaplains’ efforts to keep the bonds between service members close after the end of the war.

Not understood by outsiders – including Germans – Native American Code Talkers could send messages that the enemy could not decipher, successfully concealing battle plans and tactics which led to...

Native Americans, like millions around the world, were moved to action during World War I, highlighting a strong commitment in a global struggle that often overlooked their own rights and...

European empires convened in 1899 and 1907 to draw up "Laws and Customs of War on Land" among those who signed the agreements.

In 1924, a small delegation from the Women’s Committee of the Welsh League of Nations Union traveled to the United States with the signatures of over 390,000 women from nearly every household in...

Explore some curated books and games made for children during WWI – and a few made for children today.

The word “Chrismukkah” burst into U.S. pop culture in a 2003 episode of “The O.C.”, but the hybrid holiday existed long before the Fox television show ever aired.

History helps us understand the roots of our modern world.

Historian and scholar Dr. Christopher Rose sprints through the diplomatic, cultural and martial tangles that shaped the Middle East in the early 20th century.

1917 is the year during which the tide turned against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

The arrest of 250 Armenians in April of 1915 was the start of a massacre. That massacre helped inform the creation of a new word, genocide, in 1944.

The service flag, or the Blue Star flag, is an official banner authorized by the Department of Defense for families who have members serving in the United States Armed Forces.

During the Great War, “Gott mit uns” (“God is with us”) was the rallying cry of the German military. It reflected deeply-held beliefs by German leadership and the hopes of the German people.