In December 1918, the Armistice ending World War I was about a month old, and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson headed to Europe for the Paris Peace Conference, which would begin in January 1919. Many U.S ...

My mother was cleaning out some drawers and found a family letter written from “somewhere in France” in 1918. Addressed “Dear Folks,” Russell C. Jones, a farm boy from Nebraska, writes home. The war ...

On November 11, 2018, France commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the Armistice, the victory of the French troops and their allies (including soldiers from its African and Asian colonies) in ...

World War I Souvenir Handkerchief, France, 1918. Silk handkerchief, pale pink with a lace trim (about one inch wide); in one corner of the silk there is embroidery with the words, "Souvenir de France, ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.