Roads to the Great War
Saturday, August 22, 2026

Remembering a Veteran: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Stanton F. Kalk, USN, USS Jacob Jones

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Painting by F. Luis Mora, depicting Lt (JG)  Stanton F. Kalk assisting survivors of the USS Jacob Jones after she was sunk by Germany's...
Friday, August 21, 2026

HMS Saxifrage (1918), Last of the Q-ships

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HMS President / Saxifrage , 2014 By James Patton News flash from the BBC:  the retired Q-ship HMS President [formerly HMS Saxifrage during...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

Eyewitness: Red Dragon — Aftermath of a Mine Detonation

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Red Dragon of the Royal Welch Fusiliers At 2:50 a.m. on 22 June 1916, a German mine was exploded under a British trench near Givenchy-Lez-La...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

"World War I: The American Legacy" — A Beautifully Produced Documentary

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Editor's note:   This is an old-style documentary that exclusively uses still images with no moving footage.  The images, however, are o...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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By T.E. Lawrence Privately Printed, December 1926 Max Boot, Reviewer Lawrence When He Was a Student at Jesus College, Oxford, About 1910 Ori...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Sgt. Frank L. Carbaugh's 1918 Poem "The Fields of the Marne"

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Sgt. Frank L. Carbaugh, 7th M.G. Battalion, 3rd Division By Connie Ruzich Frank Carbaugh was a Doughboy from Greencastle, a small town in ce...
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

The Birth and Fading Away of France's Union Sacrée

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The French people by August  1914 were facing a coming war with shock, sadness, and consternation. But—unbeknownst to most Frenchmen—the pro...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Rhode Island, USA, Goes to War

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Like Much of America, Rhode Island Had Been Caught Up in the Pre-Entry Preparedness Movement – Preparedness Event in Providence, 3 June 1916...
Friday, August 14, 2026

Musical Footnotes to a World War

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Maurice Ravel at Verdun One of Maurice Ravel's  last major works was the Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand , written for the Viennes...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Weapons of War: The Automatic Pistol Caliber .45, Model 1911 in Action

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  From Gentleman at Arms Jack Savage Wildman Two Medal of Honor Recipients On the morning of 8 October 1918, elements of the 328th Infantry,...
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