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    • 12 Ratings
    • 1164 Views
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    April 2, 1917: When America Joined the World

    APRIL 2, 2012 8:49AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: world war i, history

    • 2 Ratings
    • 550 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    BEWARE OF SYRIA~ IRAN 1953 NOT ARAB SPRING BUT WW3

    FEBRUARY 24, 2012 7:11PM

    By mary gravitt


    Topics: belief/religion, books, business, design, economy, environment, family, feminism, fiction, gossip, movies, open+call, poetry, politics, science, technology, television, travel, video, neocons, neoconservatives, syria, civil war, march to war, arab league, world war i, colonialism, neocolonialism, iran, lies and more lies, green eyed women

    • 0 Ratings
    • 246 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    War Not Fit for Man or Beast

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 1:05PM

    By Tom Magstadt


    Topics: war, horses, books, politics, world war i, nazi germany, world war ii, ambassador william dodd

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1397 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Hooked on Downton Abbey

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:41PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: tv, servants, aristocracy, sense of responsibility, iraq and afghanistan wars, mitt romney, world war i, maggie smith, pbs, downton abbey

    • 4 Ratings
    • 761 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    My Favorite Christmas Movie: "Joyeux Noel"

    DECEMBER 24, 2011 1:18PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: christmas truce, world war i, history, christmas, movies

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1045 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Christmas Truce of 1914: An eyewitness writes home

    DECEMBER 23, 2011 8:35PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: world war i, christmas, western front, war, peace, germany, britain, england, france, belgium, trenches, history

    • 0 Ratings
    • 126 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Veteran’s Day: May the Stories of Those Who Served Live On

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 6:22PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: yp-73, wwii service medal, world war ii, world war i, veteran's day, uss holland, uss gar, submarine, ss-206, rosie the riveters, radioman, purple heart, pacific service medal, omnipotent poobah, mustard gas, military, memoir, mare island, kodiak, infantry, dutch harber, commander submarine forces pacific, cold war service medal, charles lockwood, as-3, alsace-lorraine, alaska

    • 22 Ratings
    • 969 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    A Soldier and his Family

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 8:33AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: rare documents, history, militaria, letters, a story in words, pictures, objects, correspondance, primary source documents, red cross world war i, correspondance, family, war, world war i, france, macedonia, army, armistice day, remembrance day, veterans day, photography, homage, ancestors, heirlooms

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 1703 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 7:52PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: world war i, world war i poetry, wilfred owen, war, armistice day, november 11, veteran's day, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 453 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    It all began in April of 1917

    OCTOBER 4, 2011 9:21AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: world war i, woodrow wilson, soldiers, uniforms, progressive era, in a time of racism, war, lyn lejeune, elijah rising, belief/religion, business, fiction, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 472 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    I said good morning to the soldier on duty

    OCTOBER 3, 2011 8:39PM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: politics, fiction, belief/religion, lyn lejeune, elijah rising, the western front, woodrow wilson, world war i, e e cummings

    • 0 Ratings
    • 153 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    He took me to the place where he lived with his mother.

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 8:34AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: fiction, books, belief/religion, poverty in america, lynching, world war i, new york slums, howard zinn, america in the 1920's, new york slums, lyn lejeune. progressive era, elijah rising

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1004 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Phillip Drinkwater — OS Fiction Weekend

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 8:50AM

    By Seth James


    Topics: fiction, books, fiction weekend, rain, world war i

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 2501 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Some cherished old photos of strangers

    AUGUST 4, 2011 8:50AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: photography, carte de visite, post cards, belle-epoque, world war i, world war ii, history, collections, antiques, antiquing, portraits, people

    • 1 Ratings
    • 138 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Proust Questionnaire as answered by Ben Dayton, PI -- OC

    JULY 12, 2011 12:27PM

    By Seth James


    Topics: world war i, noir, fiction, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2759 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    The Last Hapsburg

    JULY 5, 2011 2:45PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: history, austria, hungary, world war i, hapsburg dynasty

    • 13 Ratings
    • 325 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, pt 6: She Misses a Soldier and Gets Him Back

    JUNE 28, 2011 10:35AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: grandmother, grandfather, 1910s, world war i, russia, fighting the bolshies, polar bears, 339th infantry, war, war, war, fiddlydee, courtship, letters, love

    • 15 Ratings
    • 390 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 5: She Goes to Work and Meets a Soldier

    JUNE 25, 2011 7:59AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: grandma, grandpa, immigrants, immigration, 1900s, 1910s, italian americans, detroit, hard work, hard work, protecting herself, candy is dandy, and a little play, awful coffee, separation, love, world war i, soldiers

    • 0 Ratings
    • 190 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Learning from Claude Choules

    MAY 9, 2011 10:41PM

    By Dystopia Joe


    Topics: claude choules, world war i, wwi, pacifism

    • 1 Ratings
    • 450 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Incredible Shrinking News

    MAY 9, 2011 2:39PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: newspaper, media, television, criticism, rachel maddow, anderson cooper, joan walsh, jon stewart, war, civil war, world war i, world war ii, vietnam, grenada, osama bin laden, my lai, pentagon papers, abu grahaib, censorship

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