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National History Day® launches Who They Were program for U.S. WWI Centennial Commission
National History Day®, a partner of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission announced the launch of Who They Were, a program that mobilizes students and educators across the country to learn about their community’s World War I story and to participate in local centennial observations. Educators and students can participate through the end of 2018 and into the summer of 2019, in parallel with local homecoming anniversaries and other community-based centennial events.Click here to read more about this exciting new school- and community-based program.
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Kentucky researcher corrects service history of World War I tanker
Karlen Morris, a Retired Master Sergeant from the Kentucky Army National Guard, spends a good portion of his free time helping families with research on their family members who have served in the US Armed Forces. One such search of records of World War I Army tankers led to the discovery, through records that miraculously survived the great NARA fire in St. Louis, of a soldier inaccurately listed on the Tablet of the Missing at the Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France, whose fate is now recorded correctly. Click here to read the entire story of this remarkable detective work.
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Commissioner Libby O’Connell joined NYC Parks Director of Art and Antiquities Jonathan Kuhn, the East Coast Doughboys, representatives from the Bronx Borough President's Office, and local high school students, in rededicating the Highbridge, Bronx Doughboy. The beautiful statue was damaged and kept in storage for 40 years, but was painstakingly restored -- and rededicated on the Centennial of New York’s costliest weekend of fighting, during the war. The Highbridge World War I Memorial, also known as the Highbridge Doughboy, honors the 21 local servicemen who died while serving their country in World War I. Click here to read more about the dedication of the statue's new home near Yankee Stadium.
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On Friday, September 21, the The National Museum of the Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, hosted a dedication ceremony for the new World War I Airmen Memorial. This memorial-unveiling event was held in conjunction with a weekend of World War I activities, and took place on the centennial of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Click here to read about the aviation history event, and see photos.
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Premiere Stages, the professional theatre in residence at Kean University in Union, NJ, will present the world premiere of Black Tom Island by Martin Casella from October 11-21, 2018. The play is the 2017-2018 winner of the Liberty Live Commission, a program that commissions New Jersey playwrights to create original plays about significant events in the history of the state. At the center of Black Tom Island is a piece of New Jersey history that many people have either forgotten or never heard about: the explosion at Black Tom Island. The explosion was an act of sabotage and international espionage, designed to disable the weapons of an enemy during a time of war. Click here to find out more about the play, and the historical event in New Jersey that it remembers.
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Brayden Turnage, 7, of Ashland, Ohio, got really interested in World War I this summer, when he went to a presentation about the Memorial. Then he found out that the Red Baron was real, and not just a co-star with Snoopy on the roller coaster at Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park. An avid reader, Brayden has read several books about World War I that he found at his school library and on Amazon.com. We asked Brayden about what aspects of World War I history interest him the most. Click here to get the the lowdown on what World War I history books earned the Brayden seal of approval.
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From the World War I Centennial News Podcast
Spotlight On The Media:
Filmmaker John Heinsen
In September 21st's WW1 Centennial News Podcast, Episode 90, we focused our media spotlight on a new upcoming documentary about the German Air Service, a project born out of one individual's urge to reconnect with their grandfather. We were joined by John Heinsen, filmmaker and grandson of Walter Heinsen, a German aerial photograph in World War I. John is the producer of Return to Le Cateau, a multi-platform World War I project that also profiles the wartime activities of his grandfather. Click here to read a transcript of the entire interview.
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Updates From The States:
Kentucky's Filson Historical Society
In September 21st's WW1 Centennial News Podcast, Episode 90, Jana Meyer and Jim Pritchard of Louisville's Filson Historical Society, the Filson Historical Society, the largest such organization in the state of Kentucky, discussed Kentucky and WW1 with host Theo Mayer. Click here to read a transcript of the entire interview.
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Episode #91
Highlights:The Meuse-Argonne Offensive Begins
Wilson flips position on Women’s Suffrage | @01:55
The first day at the Meuse - Michael Shuster | @08:55
First person accounts from the 91st Wild West Division - Dr. Edward Lengel | @13:25
Archiving the Centennial for posterity | @20:30
Bells of Peace at St. Mary’s in Burlington, NJ | @23:10
The Bells of Peace APP is now available for download | @24:15
Tennessee in WWI - Michael Birdwell | @25:30
The story of Erwin Bleckley - Lt.-Col Doug Jacobs (Ret.) | @31:20
New book “Thunder in the Argonne” - Col. Douglas Mastriano (Ret.) | @37:55
Speaking & WWI War Tech mashup: Dog Tags | @44:30
Articles and Posts - Highlights from the Dispatch Newsletter | @48:15
The Buzz - The Centennial in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @51:00
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The WWI Poetry Blog, Behind Their Lines explores American poet Louise Bogan this week. She was devastated by the death of her beloved older brother, Charlie, who was killed just three weeks before the war ended. Her poem "To My Brother, Killed Haumont Wood, October 1918" reflects on the waste of war and the fragility of peace.
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A man is only missing if he is forgotten.
Monday's MIA this week is Private Edward Harold Osborn. Born December 10th, 1891 in St. Bernice, Indiana, Eddie Osborn was a married miner when he entered the service on September 21st, 1917. He trained at Camp Taylor, Kentucky with Company L, 151st Infantry before transfer to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He departed for overseas on June 11th, 1918 with the 12th Company, June Camp Shelby Automatic Replacement Draft. In France he was assigned to the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division with which he was wounded on July 20th, 1918, and died at Military Hospital #1 on July 22nd. His family was never officially notified of his death as his grave was never positively identified, despite the burial being at a military hospital. He left behind a widow, Carrie D. (Kroeger) Osborn, originally of Franklin, Kentucky, whom he had been married to since 1913.
Private Osborn’s case is an excellent example of why we need YOUR help. Solving these cases takes research, and research costs money. Why not give 'Ten For Them' to Doughboy MIA and help us make a full accounting of the 4,423 American service personnel still listed as missing in action from WW1. Make your tax deductible donation now, with our thanks.
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This Commemorative Coin was created to mark the Centennial Commemoration of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, when the fighting ended in Europe. The design showcases the iconic American Doughboy and the Bells of Peace logo. Measures 1 3/4". Nickel Silver Finish . Die Struck.
This and many other items are available as Official Merchandise of the United States World War One Centennial.
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Submitted by: Robin Doucette {granddaughter}
Early Blair Johnson, Sr. was born around 1886. Early Johnson served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1919.
Story of Service
My grandfather, Corporal Early Blair Johnson was born in Marion, Virginia on Oct.16, 1886. As a young man he was employed by Appalachian Power Company and he was subsequently transferred to work at the power plant at Switchback in McDowell County, West Virginia.
It was there that he met my grandmother, Mazie Trent. He proposed to her at Christmas of 1917 and gave her a beautiful diamond which she treasured all of her life. Their wedding was postponed when the US entered World War I as he did not want to leave his young bride as a widow “if something happened.”
Corporal Johnson trained at Camp Lee, Virginia before sailing for France from Norfolk, VA in May of 1918 aboard the USS Tenefores. He served in the Headquarters Detachment of the 155th Field Artillery Brigade of the famous 80th Division. His unit served in the Somme Offensive, the St. Miheil Offensive and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The 80th Division was the only A.E.F. Division called upon three times during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and it was ranked first of all National Army Divisions by the War Department.
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