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Author Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum an…

Army Lt. Col. Nikki Dean explored the contributions that women have made to the theory of warfare throughout military history. This event took place at the National World War I Museum & Memo…

New York University history of science professor Matthew Stanley recounted how Albert Einstein, a German, reached across international lines during World War I to connect with British astrop…

Author & professor Le’Trice Donaldson detailed how Black soldiers between the Civil War and World War I used their military service to further civil rights. The World War I Museum in Kansas …

In this program, historians discuss documenting World War II. The discussion was part of the 14th annual International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum i…

Authors Gwen Strauss (The Nine) and Mari Eder (The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line) talked about the role women played on the frontlines during World War II. This program was part of the 14th …

University of Georgia history professor John Morrow and University of New Mexico history professor Robert Jefferson discussed African American World War II veterans and the civil rights move…

Military historians John McManus, Ian Toll, and James Scott provided a history of the Pacific War. This program was part of the 14th annual International Conference on World War II hosted by…

Before Herbert Hoover’s 1928 election as the nation’s 31st president, he earned the moniker “The Great Humanitarian” for his relief work - helping to save millions from starvation during Wor…

The immediate post-World War I era was a period in U.S. history marked by violent labor strikes, mass anti-immigration rallies, race riots, and a government crackdown on socialist and other …

Today’s fighter pilot culture has its origins in World War I. In this program, military historian Michael Hankins revealed the airmen behind the romanticized facades, and described how legen…

Journalist and author Cameron McWhirter and historian Saje Mathieu discussed what is known as the “Red Summer” of 1919, a months-long period of racial unrest and violence against African Ame…

During the Spanish-American War, the YMCA initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to U.S. troops. In this program from the National World War I Museum in Kansas Ci…

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government. The first was presented by President Lincoln in 1863. Daughters of World War I Medal of Honor recipients…

In 1918, a flu virus infected one-third of the world’s population. Lora Vogt with the National World War I Museum and Memorial discussed the correlations between the 1918 pandemic and today’…

Historian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained why…

In 2013, Congress created the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. One of its directives was to establish a national World War I memorial in Washington, D.C.  Edwin Fountain, the commissi…

While the victorious Allied Forces met during the Versailles Conference in 1919, the United States and Britain battled behind closed doors over the size of the U.S. Navy. Former Navy Command…

Military historian Geoff Babb discussed the influence of the United States, Europe; Japan, and Russia in early 20th century China. Babb argued that the Chinese communist movement was largely…

During World Wars I and II, African American troops were subjected to experimental medical treatments based on racial stereotypes. Khary Oronde Polk discussed his book, Contagions of Empire,…