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Learn About The Memorial

More than four million American families sent their sons and daughters to serve in uniform during the Great War. 116,516 U.S. soldiers gave their lives in combat. Another 200,000 were wounded, a casualty rate far greater than Vietnam and Korea combined.

More than 350,000 African Americans served in the U.S. military, as did Native Americans and members of other minority groups. And, for the first time, women joined the ranks of the U.S. armed forces.

These American Veterans deserve their own memorial in our nation's capital.

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These powerful videos are narrated by actor and veteran support activist Gary Sinise.

The full length 7 minute version is great for post and public meeting applications when you want to provide your viewers with a good background and context for the "War That Changed The World".

The shortened 3 minutes version offers a great quick introduction useful for conference videos or to set up a WWI speaker.

The two PSA videos (Public Service Announcements) can be used for social media, local television or other applications. They include a blank at the end to insert local information.

All the videos can be viewed here on the website or can be downloaded for your own use and applications.

You are free to download the full length or short videos and use them on your website or other application. We only ask that you attribute a note of thanks to Gary Sinise for having done the narration and the US World War One Centennial Commission for having produced the videos.

Sample Copy: "This video was produced by the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission for public information. Special thanks to actor and Veteran support activist Gary Sinise for his narration."

Listen to the Podcast

It's about WWI THEN - What was happening 100 Years ago this week and it's about WW1 NOW - News and updates about the Centennial and the commemoration

This rapidly growing and popular weekly show is filled with stories and interviews with experts and passionate enthusiasts about historical information, insight on what WW1 was all about and stories of is happening today during the centennial of "The War That Changed The World"!

The weekly publication consists of single paragraph highlights and links that point to more in-depth information pulled from news, events, articles, blogs and features you'll find on the WWI Centennial Commissions rapidly expanding website at ww1cc.org.

The site has grown to over 4,000 pages of information, all of which will become part of the permanent archive of the Centennial of WWI. Subscribe to the newsletter as a fast way to scan what's new and what you may want to click to learn more about.

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Explore the archive

The WWI Centennial Commission has teamed up with the veteran record profile non-profit "Roll fo Honor" to allow you to:

• Find or create a profile for any WWI Veteran: If it exists in their archive you can work with it, if it does not, you provide as much information as you have and their team will do their best to research and create a profile for the veteran.
• Create a Story of Service for that veteran in collaboration with the WW1 Centennial Commission whose website and your Stories of Service with be archived in perpetuity by the US Government. That Story of Service automatically appears on both the Commission website and the Roll of Honor profile on their website.
• Purchasing a "Tribute Wreath"  in the name of that veteran to make a donation for the National WWI Memorial in Washington, DC. 100% of your donation goes to the Memorial and the "Tribute Wreath" or "Wreaths" will be a permanent part of that veteran's profile on Roll of Honor. The donor names also appear on the veteran's profile page for each tribute wreath donated.
• Run a fundraising campaign for your post, your town, or your community in the name of 1 or more WWI or even WWII veterans to help build the memorial.

Look up or create a veteran profile on Roll of Honor

Sample Profile

Click the button above to see a sample veteran profile including Stories of Service and Tribute Wreath Donations

Submit A Story of Service

Explore Family Ties

Family Ties explores the stories of service and family relationships of those who served in World War I.

Stories of Service also integrates with the Roll of Honor profiles. If you register a Story of Service here, it will automatically be attached to that veterans profile page on Roll of Honor.

Roll of Honor sample profile with Stories of Service

The US Government is no longer searching for the Missing In Action from WWI. Author and veterans' advocate Robert Laplander and a growing band of volunteers have taken on the research, verification and advocacy for these soldiers.

The Doughboy MIA Mission:

“To commemorate for all time the U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War; to assemble and make public the most complete and accurate accounting of the U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War; to attempt to gather back ground information and photographs of all of the U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War; to attempt when and where possible to locate and identify the final resting place of the U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War and to petition those, when appropriate, for the ways and means necessary to recognize and officially identify recovered U.S. Missing in Action remains or grave locations from the Great War, or to otherwise commemorate discovered or identified U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War.”

Help Us Find Them

Doughboy MIA is an ongoing program of the United States Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars. A volunteer team, including both American and European members, has performed extensive research in a variety of archives and resources to assemble more accurate and refined lists of Americans missing during the war. Doughboy MIA research has already eliminated duplicate names, and identified known individual service members who have been left off of memorials or otherwise not acknowledged. Doughboy MIA researchers have also analyzed possible battlefield recovery cases that could be pursued if resources were available. Your donation to the Foundation to support Doughboy MIA will help this work continue and expand.

Show the missing Doughboys that you have not forgotten

Doughboy MIA Website

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Explore the National WWI Events Register

 Learn about how you can use the WWI Poppy Program as a fundraiser for your Post, Chapter or organization, help spread the word about the WWI Centennial,  remember and honor the heroes of WWI, make the world a prettier place , AND help build the WWI Memorial in Washington DC. YES, you can do ALL of those things with the WWI Poppy Program - just click the button to learn how!

Learn About the WWI Poppy Program

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Buy Official WWI Centennial Merchandise

The WWI Centennial Commissions Official Merchandise Shop is filled with interesting, unique and one-of-a-kind commemorative items. It includes pins, flags, posters, mugs, clothing and unique items like messenger bags and even a full scale replica WWI campaign tent.

The Memorial Hunters Club

Dust of your Indiana Jones outfit - grab your smartphone and get ready to hunt for treasure!
Nearly one hundred years ago, after WWI, thousands of memorials were erected in the honor of those who served and those who gave their lives in this epic global struggle. The Memorials were put up by towns, cities, veterans organizations, schools, churches, civic organizations and clubs.
Today, there is no national register of these important and many times forgotten American cultural and historical treasures so...

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Join the Memorial hunters Club and help us hunt down and catalog this fading national treasure.

Click the button below to access a whole variety of resources to help you with your WWI Commemoration efforts and events. They include a great WWI Public Domain image library, downloadable videos, WWI talking points and facts, royalty free logos and more... It is all FREE and all in the public domain for your use. Enjoy!

WWI Centennial Commemoration Resources

Explore the WWI Aviation Timeline

A Chronology of World War I Aviation Events

WWI Aviation History Timeline

This comprehensive timeline of the early years of warfare aviation was compiled and is curated by Brigadier General R. G. Head, USAF (Ret.). We wish to thank the General for the contribution of this amazing resource, which we are now able to share with you!

The timeline is laid out pre-1914 and then annual from 1914 through 1918