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Zimmerman telegram and the translation

At the U.S.'s entry into the war, Americans were concerned over food scarcity. Food riots occurred in several cities during the winter of 1917. In a speech to the nation in April, President Woodrow Wilson emphasized agriculture's importance. "Upon…

Clifford Berryman (1869 - 1949) began publishing political cartoons for the Washington Post in 1891.  While at the Post, he drew the famous "Remember the Maine" panel, during 1898's Spanish-American War.In 1907, Berryman went to the Washington Star,…

"A garden for every child, every child in a garden."

Targeting urban and suburban children aged 9 to 15, several government agencies collaborated to distribute millions of United States School Garden Army guides, to teach children to raise food…

A standard issue item, this phrase book provided American soldiers with basic words and phrases to allow them to communicate with French civilians and soldiers.

With military units still segregated in 1918, the 369th Infantry Regiment was composed of African American and African Puerto Rican soldiers. They were dubbed "The Harlem Hellfighters" by the Germans, who were impressed by their bravery and…

Known locally as "Pavel and Peter" for its similarity to Willa Cather's descriptions of a doomed Russian wedding party in her novel My Ántonia, this oil painting was painted and signed by Paul Powis, Powis's subjects are frequently animals and often…

"Jennie" is engraved on the handle, "Winchester, Virginia" in the bowl of the ornate silver spoon

After the Bryce Report was issued, a number of propaganda pieces were published, encouraging the world to come to the aid of Belgium. Some simply reminded readers of the atrocities attributed to the Germans in the report; other pieces actively…

Many of the photographs originally published in newspaper and magazine editions were later reprinted in the form of postcards and stereoscope cards. Stereoscope cards required a special viewer which gave the impression of a three dimensional…