First Lady Michelle Obama is planting the first vegetable garden on the White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt grew a Victory Garden during World War II. WWII We talk today about Victory Gardens as a way of countering high food prices and an economy easily outdistancing meager pay increases. But during World War Two and ...
World War One is probably the most overlooked, least explored war in American history classes. Europeans know more about WWI because many countries such as France, England and Germany were involved in conflict for a longer period of time. Ironically most historians agree that World War One, called then the Great War, and ‘ the ...
November 11: Veteran’s Day, or Armistice Day, celebrates the official end of World War One in Europe. Armistice is the laying down of arms in battle. Explore the history and significanceof Veteran’s Day with free printable activities. Veteran’s Day is so much more than just a bank holiday or a day that we don’t get ...
Kevin Sullivan, the producer of the award-winning and very popular Anne of Green Gables television movie trilogy, announced on June 28 that he is planning a fourth Anne movie. The Anne movies were orginally based on the eight book series published by Lucy Maud Montgomery between 1908 and 1920. The original novel, Anne of Green ...
“The Treaty [of Versailles] includes no provisions for the economic rehabilitations of Europe.”[1] After World War One, Europe had broken down. The war not only had a lot of casualties but created an enormous amount of economic problems in Europe. “Europe is not self sufficient; in particular it cannot feed itself.”[2] No one was there ...
1917 marks the beginning of the First Infantry Division, better known as The Big Red One. General John (Blackjack) Pershing arrived in France with the first American Expeditionary Force. The fighting first lead the way for troops in World War One. The troops had a patch with the number one in red on it. During ...
