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News Articles: World War I

Artist Sabin Howard works on <em>A Soldier's Journey</em>, a 25-ton, 60-foot long bronze sculpture that commemorate Americans who fought in World War I. The national memorial will sit on Washington, D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue.

A new sculpture takes its place at the national World War I Memorial in D.C.

Sabin Howard's sculpture, A Soldier's Journey, features 38 human figures meant to tell the story of a single “doughboy," a nickname used for American World War I soldiers.

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  • Ayana Archie
Part of the wreckage of the HMS Hawke is seen in the waters off Scotland's coast.

Explorers say they’ve found a British warship sunk by a German U-boat in WWI

Some 524 people, including the ship’s captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went down in the North Sea off the eastern coast of Scotland in 1914.

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  • Joe Hernandez
Four American soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher in Vaux, France, on July 22, 1918. As many as 280,000 World War I combatants were left with facial injuries.

With no textbooks or antibiotics, this WWI surgeon pioneered facial reconstruction

Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story Dr. Harold Gillies, a military surgeon who spent WWI reconstructing the faces of soldiers and sailors who'd suffered horrific facial injuries.

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  • Dave Davies
Armenian refugees on the deck of a French cruiser that rescued them in 1915 during the massacre of the Armenian populations in the Ottoman Empire.

Biden Could Call The Massacres Of Armenians Genocide. Here's What That Means

U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to recognize the World War I-era mass killing and deportation of Armenians as genocide — even if it makes Turkey angry.

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  • Peter Kenyon and
  • Krishnadev Calamur
The 369th infantry was the first African-American regiment to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

Remembering The Centennial Of The Red Summer of 1919

One hundred years ago, Americans were adjusting to life after a destabilizing world war. The Spanish influenza decimated communities, fears of Bolshevik...

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The New York National Guard's 369th Regiment, 93rd Infantry Division, also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," stand ready in trenches near Maffrecourt in the Argonne Region, France, May 4, 1918.

How World War I Changed African-Americans' Fight For Equal Rights

World War I, which ended with an armistice agreement 100 years ago, transformed life in the United States. The "war to end all wars" also introduced a...

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Recruits receive instruction at Camp Gordon, Georgia, on March 4, 1918.

A Century Later, Remembering Georgia's Contributions To World War I

The armistice declaring the end of World War I, on the "11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918, was signed 100 years ago. Georgia...

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British and German soldiers fraternizing at Ploegsteert, Belgium, on Christmas Day 1914.

When WWI Soldiers Put Down Their Arms For Christmas

During December 1914, something remarkable happened. For a week before Christmas Day, French, British and German soldiers laid down their arms. They...

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A commemorative stamp featuring Moina Michael, who brought the red poppy to the spotlight as a symbol of remembrance for those who died during war.

UGA Professor Credited For Making Red Poppy A War Remembrance

A hundred years ago, the United States entered into WWI. To mark the centennial, the Atlanta History Center is taking a closer look at Georgia’s...

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Roland Neel of Macon, Georgia in his flight outfit, standing in front of his plane [undated).

A Macon Veteran Remembers World War I

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United States' involvement in World War I. More than a 100,000 men and women from Georgia served in the...

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