The carved stone arch was originally located in the center of McCarty Square. It was moved in 1951 to the edge of the square.

French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) in Biarritz, French. During WWI, Chanel's business was launched through her design skills (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). The newly ...

Experience America’s World War I story like never before in this electrifying live theatrical event. Experience this electrifying live theatrical event, created and narrated by historian John Monsky, ...

After a circuitous trip which involved numerous people, locations and the local Museum personnel, a WWI burial flag with ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the National World War I Museum and Memorial right here in Kansas City is in limbo. This comes as ...

How did WWI soldiers keep clean in the trenches? The answer lies somewhere between "with great difficulty" and "they didn't." Although WWI was known as the Great War, trench hygiene was anything but ...

Advances in military technology—including more lethal artillery and rapid-fire machine guns— contributed to the heavy toll. Maps, too, played a role. Recent cartographic innovations allowed artillery ...

Machine guns. Tanks. Chemical weapons. Warplanes. Submarines. Trench coats. Wristwatches. Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, and some of the innovations that were ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 28, 2011) -- America's last known World War I veteran, Cpl. Frank Buckles, died Sunday at the age of 110. Buckles died of natural causes at his home in Charles Town ...

Riflemen Andrew and Grigg (center)—British troops from London—during the Christmas Truce with Saxons of the 104th and 106th Regiments of the Imperial German Army. Feedloader (Clickability) Even at the ...

The National WWI Museum and Memorial has undergone some big changes over the last three years. The latest is a one-of-a-kind, immersive exhibit to its already loaded walls. Encounters, the new exhibit ...