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African Americans fought in World War I for freedom abroad while facing racism and violence at home

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Why people still consume bacteria taken from a First World War soldier’s poop

During World War I, a German physician discovered a soldier immune to dysentery. This led to the isolation of a unique E.
AZ Animals

Did Half a Million Cats Really Serve in World War I?

Photos and records confirm cats were everywhere in WWI trenches, but historians still question the viral claim of 500,000 ...
Hyperallergic

The Sculptor Who Made Masks for Soldiers Disfigured in World War I

Any enduring romanticism for war was obliterated by the industrialized brutality of World War I, from which legions of soldiers returned disfigured by facial injuries. Anna Coleman Ladd working on a ...
The Conversation

After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

Alice Vernon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
SwiftCurrentOnline

Commemorative dinner celebrating local First World War regiment

Swift Current’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56 will host a commemorative dinner on Feb. 7. The event marks the 110th ...