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Finding the Hello Girls: A Journey to California
In December 2024, our Hello Girls team successfully concluded a busy year of walking the halls of Congress and campaigning for the Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal. Our Hello Girls Research group, which was [...]
Carrying on the Liggett Legacy
Lt. Gen. Hunter Liggett was a highly respected U.S. Army officer whose 42-year career spanned from the Indian Wars to commanding the First Army in WWI. He is known as a “Soldier’s Soldier” and [...]
The Short Life of America’s Anti-Tank Rifles
At the dawn of mechanized warfare in WWI, the U.S. Military contended with the reality that infantrymen would need an effective arm to defeat tanks. Their idea? Bring more gun. The advent of tank [...]
Before new development, the Bywater’s former Navy base played a big role in New Orleans history starting in WWI
The complicated history of this sprawling facility began rather unexpectedly, at the outbreak of what would become World War I. For over a century, the former Bywater Navy base has been a prominent riverfront [...]
A Loaf of Bread A Week
Eugene “Reynold” Thomas was born in 1898, in Pennsylvania, to George and Evelyn Thomas. In 1917, he would enlist in the war as a marine, and see action. After the armistice was signed, he [...]
Doughboy Foundation Honors Local Service and ‘Hello Girls’ Legacy at 2026 CAA Championship Games
During the 2026 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Basketball Championships at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., the Doughboy Foundation continued its proud tradition of honoring those who serve our nation and community. This year’s "Hometown [...]
The Tragic Story of John Rauscher Jr. or “Francis P. Williams”
How a 16-Year-Old Austro-Hungarian Immigrant Defied his Father and Made the Supreme Sacrifice for his New Home This group came with a heartbreaking story from the collector who acquired the frames from the family. [...]
The Last Trench of the Great War
Editor's note: Stuart Lutz is a historian, and the author of The Last Leaf: Voices Of History's Last Known Survivors. For the book, Lutz interviewed Frank Buckles, the last living Doughboy from World War [...]
America’s Postwar Transcontinental Truck Convoy
In the summer of 1919, a young Lieutenant Colonel—only four years out of West Point—named Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the first Army transcontinental motor convoy. The expedition consisted of 81 motorized Army vehicles that [...]
