Fromelles dig finds WWI grave site
ABC Online – Australia
An excavation in north-eastern France has uncovered a mass grave where up to 170 Australian soldiers were buried in World War I. On the night of July 19, …
Dig starts at WWI grave site
ABC Online – Australia
Archaeological experts in France will today begin digging at a World War I site in the country’s north to find the remains of 400 Australian and British …
Memorial Day, the Great War, and America’s Last Surviving World …
Such coverage in the United States has been thin at best, and echoes of the First World War remain distant – as they have traditionally been – in American public memory. How the centenary anniversary of the war will play out in the …
WWI, the forgotten war
Philadelphia Daily News – Philadelphia,PA,USA
Americans should rediscover and try to learn more about World War I. Unlike WWII, Vietnam and Korean war vet, the WWI veterans are no longer able to speak …
Last Known Surviving US WWI Vet To Visit KC
KMBC.com – Kansas City,MO,USA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last known surviving American veteran of World War I will visit the Liberty Memorial over the Memorial Day weekend. …
Christopher Nevinson: He Gained a Fortune but He Gave a Son (1918)
Independent – London,England,UK
He Gained a Fortune but He Gave a Son was painted at the end of the First World War. It depicts a sad and hatless plutocrat. The title tells the story. …
Football stopped slaughter
Manchester Online – Manchester,UK
IT is an incident that, amid all the horror of the First World War trenches, still lifts the spirits with its simple and touching humanity. …