The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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Indiana Monuments, Memorials & Historic Sites
We Need Your Help! Does your community have a WWI monument, memorial, or historic site not listed here? Do you have photographs or information about a particular site's history? If so, contact us at WorldWarICentennial@iara.in.gov and help us tell Indiana's WWI story.
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"The Merci Train was a train of 49 French railroad box cars filled with tens of thousands of gifts of gratitude from at least that many individual French citizens. They were showing their appreciation for the more than 700 American box cars of relief goods sent to them by (primarily) individual Americans in 1948. The Merci Train arrived in New York harbor on February 3rd, 1949 and each of the 48 American states at that time received one of the gift laden box cars. The 49th box car was shared by Washington D.C. and the Territory of Hawaii. Parades and ceremonies of welcome were conducted in the state capitols and major cities of almost all the states. The largest and most attended was in New York City where more than 200,000 people turned out to welcome that state's assigned box car."
-Excerpt from http://mercitrain.org/
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Indiana World War I Centennial Committee
Leadership
- Co-Chairs
Brig. Gen. Stewart Goodwin
Indiana War Memorial
Jim Brown
Indiana Department of Veteran's Affairs - Vice Chair
Jim Osborne
Indiana Military Museum
Committee Members
- Katherine Gould
- Indiana State Museum
- Gerald Hadley
Indiana National Guard - Elizabeth Howard
Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution - Dr. Dan Murphy
Hanover College - Lauren Patton
Indiana State Library - Johnathan Pickett
Department of Indiana, American Legion - Jo Ann Remender
Salvation Army - Dr. Kathleen A. Tobin
- Indiana Association of Historians
- Major Bob Webster
Salvation Army
Staff
- Marilyn Fernandez
Indiana Archives and Records Administration - Jennifer Hodge
Indiana Archives and Records Administration
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