About WWI

American artists played an active and sometimes controversial role in helping their countrymen decide whether or not to intervene in the Great War.

This presentation focuses on American responses to the beginning of war in Europe in 1914.

Senior Curator Doran Cart discusses the Whitehead Torpedo on display at the Museum and Memorial, including its relationship to the famous musical The Sound of Music.

Senior Curator Doran Cart shares how a tunic and cap worn by Von Hindenburg became a part of the Museum's collection.

Senior Curator Doran Cart discusses the French 75mm on display at the Museum and Memorial, including a special name given to the gun by the American soldiers in WWI.

Senior Curator Doran Cart shares the Museum's display of the uniform and field gear of an American infantry soldier during WWI, including one of the most vital tools of every Doughboy.

Senior Curator Doran Cart shares how the tank was introduced during WWI, and how the fighting machines came to be known as 'tanks.'

Senior Curator Doran Cart explains how the Ambulance on display at the National WWI Museum and Memorial came into the collection.

Senior Curator Doran Cart discusses the insignias on display in the Museum's exhibition highlighting African American soldiers in WWI.

Senior Curator Doran Cart explains how the Museum's 1917 Harley-Davidson made its journey from post-war Europe to the collection at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Join Dr. Leonard V. Smith, author of Sovereignty at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, for a conversation on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference exploring the question “What international system did...

Beginning in late May 1917, open mutiny swept through much of the French Army.

1917 marked a pivotal shift in African Americans’ quest for civil rights, especially after Woodrow Wilson’s declaration that making the world safe for democracy had become America’s singular...

The peace settlements made at the end of the First World War are often blamed for creating the conditions which sent nations such as Germany and Japan down the road towards dictatorship and led and...

One third of service-age Irishmen voluntarily served in the Great War within the British Army.