About WWI

This presentation considers the experiences of the 3,500 women who served coffee and donuts to doughboys across France, and in the process, began a long history of American women going to war to a of...

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

Occurring against the backdrop of World War I, one of history’s most deadly pandemics added to the horrors and devastation brought on by the conflict.

To influence public opinion in favor of the war, the U.S produced films, commissioned colorful posters, published pamphlets and recruited everyday Americans to “sell the war.” These efforts both...

The contributions of American Indians to the war effort helped win the war and, in 1924, citizenship for all Indigenous peoples in the U.S.

In World War I, one out of every five soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces was an immigrant. For some it was a path to citizenship.

The “home” that soldiers returned to after World War I was quite different than the one they left in 1917-1918.

Advocates of peace argued for the continuation of American neutrality. Objection to the war became identified as dangerous to the nation.

When World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the U.S. neutral.