Arthur Standing was a conscientious objector and did not fight during World War I. Instead, he participated in alternate service with the American Friends Service Committee.
Corporal George Andrew Jensen went into service from Hastings, Neb., on Oct. 13, 1917. The recent donation of his service materials from Jensen’s relatives contains a wide variety of materials.
Dig into the delicious history of Donut Day with Dr. Chris Cantwell, Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies at UMKC, who will discuss The Salvation Army’s humanitarian role in World...
Join Dr. Tim Dayton, Kansas State University English professor and author of American Poetry and the First World War, for a lecture on poetry during World War I and how we understand it today.
Learn the history of the Panthéon de la Guerre, once regarded as the largest painting in the world, in this video from the exhibition "Rearranging History: Daniel MacMorris and the Panthéon de la...
Men work in the shadow of a dock, pushing and carrying war supplies from a ship’s hold onto a train boxcar; a bright background behind shows ships moored, a boom crane and a billowing American...
The scheduled Olympics in 1916 were canceled due to World War I. While the Olympics resumed in 1920, a seminal event featuring renowned athletes from across the world took place in 1919 in the of the...
Sports, including football, had an important role in preparing U.S. soldiers for combat in World War I. By 1917, when the United States entered WWI, football had been played by many of the young men...