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Journalist and author Cameron McWhirter and historian Saje Mathieu discussed what is known as the “Red Summer” of 1919, a months-long period of racial unrest and violence against African Ame…

In 2013, Congress created the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. One of its directives was to establish a national World War I memorial in Washington, D.C.  Edwin Fountain, the commissi…

Matthew Naylor gave a tour of and talked about the National World War I Museum and Memorial, built to preserve the history of what was at the time called “The Great War” and to honor the Ame…

Author Lynn Dumenil talked about her book “The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I.” She examined the different roles women played during the conflict, including their par…

Historian Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, examined the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which sought to hammer out a peace treaty for World War I. Sh…

Military historian and retired naval commander John Kuehn gave a talk titled, “From the Barents to the Black Sea: U.S. Naval Activities in Post-Great War Europe, 1918-1921.” U.S. Army Comman…

The National World War I Museum and Memorial and the National Press Club co-hosted this press conference with three historians and a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chair to mark the final year…

Historian and author Michael Neiberg presented a talk titled “America’s Road to War: 1914 to 1917.” Michael Neiberg is the author of The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern A…

American History TV presented live coverage from the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City to mark the centennial of U.S. entry into World War I. Guests talked about about …

Jennifer Keene talked about U.S. troops in World War I and how military service impacted their lives and changed American society and culture. She is the author of the book, Doughboys, the G…

Michael Neiberg talked about the legacy of World War I and how the peace process and the extension of colonial influence around the globe impacted the world for decades to come. He is the au…

David Stevenson talked about U.S. entry into World War I and how it affected global politics. He is the author of the book 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution. This talk was part of symposium h…

Historian George Nash talked about Herbert Hoover’s humanitarian efforts during World War I and World War II.

Paul Jankowski talked about some of the myths surrounding the 1916 Battle of Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of World War I. This presentation was part of a two-day symp…

Diana Preston talked about her book A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I that Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare, in which she examines Germany’s violation of rules of war d…

Michael Epkenhans spoke about reconsidering the role of Germany in the outbreak of World War I. This event was part of a meeting of the World War One Centennial Commission at the National…