Curator Conversations: Assessing an Object

Museum and Memorial Senior Curator Doran Cart shares some of the techniques used when determining the authenticity of an WWI-era object before accepting it into the Museum collection.

#USWW100 - Why WWI Matters

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

#USWW100 - The Toll of War, 1917

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

#USWW100 - Declaration of War

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

#USWW100 - America in 1917

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

The Influenza Epidemic

Occurring against the backdrop of World War I, one of history’s most deadly pandemics added to the horrors and devastation brought on by the conflict.

How WWI Changed America: Selling the War

To influence public opinion in favor of the war, the U.S produced films, commissioned colorful posters, published pamphlets and recruited everyday Americans to “sell the war.” These efforts h

Native Americans in WWI

The contributions of American Indians to the war effort helped win the war and, in 1924, citizenship for all Indigenous peoples in the U.S.

Immigrants and WWI

In World War I, one out of every five soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces was an immigrant. For some it was a path to citizenship.