Episodes

  • SPECIAL: Sacred Service

    If you play this episode on 11/11 starting at 10:03:30 am local, the Bells of Peace will toll at 11am exactly.

    Episode #148

    Host: Theo Mayer

    This special episode brings you the sound of World War I Armistice Day Sacred Service, a multi-denominational service honoring the Centennial of the WWI Armistice, from the WWI Centennial Commission in partnership with Washington National Cathedral. ----more----

    Download the Service program (a keepsake in its own right) at:

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/2018-ace/pdf/wwi_armistice_sacred-service_program_11_11_2018.pdf

    View full length unedited video of service at:

    ww1cc.org/sacredservice

    Special Thanks

    Washington National Cathedral

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

  • SPECIAL: First Man into Germany - And He Did it on a Harley

    Episode #147

    SPECIAL:

    First into Germany: SGT Roy Holtz - And he did it on a Harley

    By author Robert Laplander
    Read by Host, Theo Mayer

    Introduction | 01:55 Part 1: Yup, That’s Me! | 03:10Part 2: It’s Off to War… | 08:25Part 3: Rolling With the Red Arrow! | 14:25Part 4: Oh… You’ve GOT to be kidding!? | 20:05Part 5: The Real Story Behind the Picture. | 27:10Epilog | 32:50----more----RELATED LINKS

    Rob Laplander Links

    https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Laplander/e/B06W5MR685%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/1953-four-questions-for-bob-laplander-of-finding-the-lost-battalion-and-doughboy-mia.html

    http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/lostbattalion

    https://www.facebook.com/robert.laplander

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/doughboy-mia-makes-sure-missing-world-war-i-heroes-get-recognition-1495443601

    https://www.army.mil/article/189688/volunteer_doughboy_team_works_to_bring_wwi_mias_home

    https://www.legion.org/magazine/239680/doughboy-mia

    Links to Harley info

    :https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum/explore/archives.html

    http://www.ridingvintage.com/2012/12/war-machines-american-motorcycles-of-wwi.html

    https://www.thrillist.com/cars/history-of-u-s-military-motorcycles

    http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/29/100-year-old-harley-davidson-returns-from-france-to-honor-american-wwi-soldiers.html

    https://www.facebook.com/operationtwinlinks/

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katherine Akey & Katz Laszlo

    Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe

    Research: JL Michaud

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  • WWl Through Many Lenses

    Host: Theo Mayer

    Bells of Peace 2019 - Host | @02:05The Cultural Impact of WWI - Dr. Jay Winter | @05:05Japan’s Impact on WWI - Dr. Frederick Dickenson | @11:55The Impact of WWI on the World - Sir Hugh Strachan | @19:50Speaking WWI: Tank - Host | @27:15WWI War Tech: Many lenses looking - Host | @28:55They Shall Not Grow Old: A vision realized - Brent Burge | @33:10----more----SPECIALCommission NewsBells of Peace 2019 & Bells of Peace Participation App - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/bells

    https://tombguard.org/centennial/#national_salute

    World War One ThenHistorians Corner:The Cultural Impact of WWI - Dr. Jay Winter

    Links:http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-winter-20140625-column.html

    http://www.dw.com/en/world-war-i-created-new-culture-of-mourning/a-17233945

    https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-War-between-History-Century/dp/0300110685

    Japan’s Impact on WWI - Dr. Frederick Disckenson

    Links:http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2001/frederick-r-dickinson

    http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2013/frederick-r-dickinson

    https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_SzUVNo8I

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?322722-5/discussion-japan-world-war

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oSaG0WiD8

    The Impact of WWI on the World - Sir Hugh Strachan

    Links: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/67

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Strachan

    World War One NowSpeaking WWI“Tank” - Host

    link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_tank

    WWI War TechImaging - Host

    Links:https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/aerial-photography-first-world-war/

    https://www.wired.com/2014/08/wwi-photos/

    http://dronecenter.bard.edu/wwi-photography/

    https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2017/03/16/shooting-world-war-i-the-history-of-the-army-signal-corps-cameramen-1917-1918/

    https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/photos-world-war-i-images-museums-battle-great-war/

    https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/the-vest-pocket-kodak-was-the-soldiers-camera/

    https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography

    https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/vest-pocket-kodak-book-107481

    Spotlight on the mediaThey Shall Not Grow Old - Brent Burge

    Links: https://www.fathomevents.com

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h-o8dFU8E

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katherine Akey

    Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe

    Research: JL Michaud

    Intern: Rachel Hurt

  • Overtures To Peace & Baseball

    Episode #145

    Host: Theo Mayer

    Overtures to peace - Host | @01:30Atrocities in Syria - Mike Shuster | @08:20 America Emerges: Sgt. Alvin York - Dr. Edward Lengel | @13:00Remembering Veterans: Charles Edward Dilkes - Dr. Virginia Dilkes | @20:45Speaking WWI: Teddy Bear Suit - Host | @28:05Historian’s Corner: Baseball in WWI - Jim Leeke | @31:20100C/100M: Springdale PA - Mayor Jo Bertoline & Patrick Murray | @37:50----more----World War One Then100 Years Ago

    https://nyti.ms/2C0dzub

    https://nyti.ms/2CtilRK

    https://nyti.ms/2CsOhG6

    https://nyti.ms/2CtE0JK

    https://nyti.ms/2CsJCUp

    https://nyti.ms/2CtFrrp

    https://nyti.ms/2CrI0KF

    https://nyti.ms/2BZNzib

    https://nyti.ms/2BZNURZ

    https://nyti.ms/2C0YJnc

    https://nyti.ms/2CsA7ES

    https://nyti.ms/2BWtPw6

    https://nyti.ms/2BYSZdx

    https://nyti.ms/2BVm2i9

    https://nyti.ms/2CtdmR8

    https://nyti.ms/2CsoOMK

    https://nyti.ms/2CsZmqm

    https://nyti.ms/2CvMnUQ

    https://nyti.ms/2BYdtmt

    https://nyti.ms/2C1RlHQ

    https://nyti.ms/2CrsVsn

    https://nyti.ms/2C0ZL2y

    Great War Project

    http://greatwarproject.org/2018/10/07/horrible-massacre-in-syria/

    America emerges: Military Stories from WW1

    http://www.edwardlengel.com/alvin-yorks-tragic-glory/

    https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/

    http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/

    World War One NowRemembering Veterans

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/nj-wwi-centennial-events/eventdetail/6717/remembering-world-war-i-through-the-eyes-of-a-wwi-veteran-charles-edward-dilkes.html

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/2952-charles-edward-dilkes-sgt.html

    Speaking WWI - The Teddy Bear Suit

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3087941.pdf

    Historian Corner

    https://www.amazon.com/Dugouts-Trenches-Baseball-during-Great/dp/0803290721

    http://www.aabaseball.org/

    https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/?sb=date

    https://twitter.com/ww1baseball?lang=en

    100Cities/100Memorials - Springdale PA

    www.ww1cc.org/100cities

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katherine Akey

    Additional Scripting: Dr. Edward Lengel

    Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe

    Research: JL Michaud

    Intern: Rachel Hurt

  • October 1918 & The Lost Battalion

    Episode #144

    Host: Theo Mayer

    October 1918 Overview Roundtable - Dr. Edward Lengel & Katherine Akey | @02:15Historians Corner: Lost Battalion - Ron Laplander | @18:25Shifting sands and hard fighting - Mike Shuster | @25:10Remembering Veterans: Story of John Foster - Mark Foster | @29:40US Army CMH WWI Website - Dr. Erik Villard | @35:00Spotlight On The Media 1: Dr. Edward Lengel | @40:15Spotlight On The Media 2: Lost Battalion Documentary - Mark Fastoso & John King | @42:50----more----World War One ThenOctober 1918 Roundtable: Dr. Edward Lengel, Katherine Akey, HostHistorian Corner with Rob Laplander

    https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Lost-Battalion-Legends-Americas/dp/1411676564

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html

    World War One NowRemembering Veterans

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/4382-john-chester-foster.html

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service.html

    http://ww1cc.org/guide

    https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/wwi/prologue/default/index.html

    https://history.army.mil/index.html

    https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/wwi-cb.html

    Spotlight in the Media

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF7a-370JeE

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?450879-1/the-lost-battalion

    http://www.echofilmsproductions.com/the-lost-battalion.html

    Guests:

    Dr. Edward Lengel, Military historian and author Rob Laplander, Author, citizen historian and the driving force behind the Doughboy MIA projectMike Shuster, Curator for the great war project blogDr. Tom Jackson, Executive Director of the Georgia WW1 Centennial CommissionMark Foster, grandson of WW1 Veteran John FosterDr. Erik Villard, Digital Historian at the Center for Military HistoryMark Fastoso and John King, two of the Producers of the new documentary titled The Lost BattalionKatherine Akey, WWI Photography specialist and line producer for the podcast

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

    The Starr Foundation

    Production:

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katherine Akey

    Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe

    Research: JL Michaud

    Intern: Rachel Hurt

  • FOCUS ON: The New WWI Memorial

    Episode #143

    Host - Theo Mayer

    Announcement: Bells of Peace 2019 | @ 01:10NCPC Design approval | @ 03:35Why we MUST build this - Terry Hamby | @ 06:20If not YOU then WHO? - Edwin Fountain | @ 08:25Why a Nat. Memorial in KC and DC? - Dr. Mathew Naylor | @ 11:50The Memorial in the Park - Edwin Fountain | @ 14:30The International Design Competition - Host | @ 16:40“And the Winner is:” - Joe Weishaar & Sabin Howard | @ 18:00Interpretation & Education - Dr. Libby O’Connell | @ 24:20“A Soldier’s Journey” - Sabin Howard | @ 28:35Where Tradition and the Future Meet - Sabin Howard | @ 33:45Dizzying Parallel Tracks | @ 42:10“And the Bronze Metal goes to…” - Steve Maule | @ 44:20Final Design - APPROVED - various | @ 51:10The First Mile and the Last Mile: Fundraising - Edwin Fountain | @ 53:30PODCAST NOTES

    National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. Design package

    http://ww1cc.org/memorial-design

    Living Memorial - A Special Introduction

    https://vimeo.com/299480300

    Episode 43 10/25/17 16:28

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3363-ww1-centennial-news-episode-43-10-25-2017.html

    Episode 133 7/29/19, 17:56

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6461-ww1-centennial-news-episode-133-07-29-19.html

    Episode 43 10/25/17 18:23

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3363-ww1-centennial-news-episode-43-10-25-2017.html

    Episode 105 1/11/19 - 29:50

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/5910-ww1-centennial-news-episode-109-02-08-19.html

    Episode 105 1/11/19 33:08

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/5910-ww1-centennial-news-episode-109-02-08-19.html

    Episode 109 2/8/19 31:27

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/5910-ww1-centennial-news-episode-109-02-08-19.html

    Episode 54. 1/12/18 - 18:36

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3949-ww1-centennial-news-episode-54-01-12-2018.html

    Episode 111, 2/22/19 20:19

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/5949-ww1-centennial-news-episode-111-02-22-19.html

    Episode 131 7/13/19 - 15:05

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6410-ww1-centennial-news-episode-131-07-15-19.html

    Episode 43 10/25/17 23:15

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3363-ww1-centennial-news-episode-43-10-25-2017.html

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Commission Chairman Terry Hamby

    Commission Vice-Chair Edwin Fountain

    Commissioner Dr. Mathey Naylor

    Joe Weishaar

    Sabin Howard

    Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell

    Pangolin Edition Director Steve Maule

    Landscape Architect David Rubin

  • Highlights: Dr. John Morrow: Lifetime Achievement

    Episode #142

    Host - Theo Mayer

    Posts raising money for Nat. WWI Memorial - Derek Sansone & David Hamon | @ 02:10100 Years ago - Host | @ 08:55Born in the Month of September - David Kramer | @ 16:30Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing - Dr. John Morrow | @ 22:50The Buzz: Selected Posts from the Internet - Host | @ 37:15----more----OpeningCentury In The MakingPosts Raising Money for the National WWI Memorial

    Ken-Ton Bee article

    https://www.kentonbee.com/articles/town-resident-raising-funds-to-support-wwi-memorial-project-in-washington/

    Derek Sansone

    Email: [email protected]

    David Hamon

    Email: [email protected]

    World War I - THEN100 Years Ago

    Sources

    New York Times Archive (paid)Feather weight cars

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser 09/30/1919 page 11

    Official Bulletin - President urges congress to pass Suffrage

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/places/official-bulletin/3557-ww1-official-bulletin-volume-2-issue-425-september-28-1918.html

    The Kentuckian, October 8, 1919, p. 1, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069398/1919-10-08/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F25%2F1919&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Alvin+York&proxdistance=5&date2=10%2F15%2F1919&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=alvin+york&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

    “Veterans of Thirtieth Start First Big Reunion,” The News Scimitar, September 29, 1919, p. 1,

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98069867/1919-09-29/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F25%2F1919&index=7&date2=10%2F15%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=ALVIN+YORK&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=alvin+york&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

    Born In The Month Of

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr: 9/13/1887-7/12/1944

    Jane Addams: 9/6/1860-5/21/1935

    Maurice Chevalier: 9/12/1888-1/1/1972

    Scott Fitzgerald: 9/24/1896-12/21/1940

    Sources

    Hall, Zoe Dare, “French Entertainer Tricks His Way Out of German POW Camp,” The Telegraph, November 29, 2013,

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-four/10483881/prisoner-of-war-camp-escape-chevalier.html

    Whitman, Alden, “The Elegant Boulevardier,” New York Times, January 2, 1972, https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/the-elegant-boulevardier-maurice-chevalier-singer-and-actor-is-dead.html

    “Theodore Roosevelt Jr., The Theodore Roosevelt Center

    https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Friends/Theodore-Roosevelt-Jr.aspx

    BG Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Military Hall of Honor

    https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=1622

    Zahniser, J. D., “Jane Addams, Secular Saint, Scorned During World War I,” American History,

    https://www.historynet.com/jane-addams-secular-saint-scorned-during-wwi.htm

    Michals, Debra, Jane Addams, National Women’s History Museum

    https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jane-addams

    Scott Fitzgerald, (1896-1940), F. Scott Fitzgerald Society,

    https://fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/about-us-2/biography/

    World War I - NOWHistorians CornerJohn Morrow, recipient of the 2019 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing

    https://willson.uga.edu/history-professor-john-morrow-wins-pritzker-award-for-lifetime-achievement-in-military-writing/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Morrow_Jr.

    http://history.uga.edu/directory/people/john-morrow-jr

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-morrow-92685321/

    The Buzz

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/how-world-war-i-changed-watches-forever

    https://lititzrecord.com/news/wilbur-employees-world-war-history-to-be-preserved-in-the-park/

    https://www.forces.net/news/pre-wwi-battleship-wreck-granted-heritage-protection

    https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/World-War-I-Veterans-Honored-in-Denton-560985601.html

    http://www.wbiw.com/2019/09/23/orange-county-historical-society-hosting-traveling-exhibit/

    https://www.miragenews.com/historic-ww1-field-gun-for-barkly-gardens/

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/west-virginia/articles/2019-09-14/huntington-man-reunited-with-fathers-wwi-items

    https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/community/local-wwi-vet-receives-purple-heart/71-9477f935-a0e6-4db0-86e1-c5518d9c91c7

    https://www.recordnet.com/news/20190913/history-in-making-all-over-again-convoy-of-historic-wwi-military-vehicles-stops-in-sj

    https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/09/12/guardsmans-purple-heart-returns-to-maine-after-101-years/

    https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2019/09/butler-football-honoring-hometown-vets-with-help-from-west-point.html






    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Derek Sansone

    David Hamon

    Dr. John Morrow

  • FOCUS ON: The Animals of WWI

    Host - Theo Mayer

    Breaking News: CFA’s final approval of Memorial design- Host | @01:25Horses in WWI - Cindy Rullman & Joe Ellen Hayden | @05:05Pigeons in WWI - Andrew Blechman | @12:20Dogs and Mascots in WWI - Jacy Jenkins & Jordan Beck | @21:00Legless, Wingless critter serving in WWI - Leah Tams | @30:25 ----more---- PODCAST NOTESDownload approved Memorial Design

    http://ww1cc.org/memorial-design

    Brooke USA web site

    http://ww1cc.org/horses

    Sources

    Nalewicki, Jennifer, “The Animals that Helped Win World War I,” Smithsonian, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/animals-that-helped-win-world-war-I-180963042/

    Tams, Leah, “How Did Animals (Even Slugs) Serve in World War I?” National Museum of American History, https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/how-did-animals-even-slugs-serve-world-war-i

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 13

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2106-ww1-centennial-news-episode-13-3-29-2017.html

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 50

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3851-ww1-centennial-news-episode-50-12-15-2017.html

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 94

    https://www.wo...-19-2018.html

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 63

    https://www.wo...-16-2018.html

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 52

    https://www.wo...-29-2017.html

    World War One Centennial Commission Episode 120

    https://www.wo...04-26-19.html

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: David Kramer & Theo Mayer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Cindy Rullman and Jo Ellen Hayden from Brooke USA

    Journalist and Author Andrew Blechman

    Jacy Jenkins and Jordan Beck from Fun Academy Motion Pictures

    Leah Tams from the University of Mary Washington

  • Highlights: The American Worker & WWI

    Episode #140

    Host - Theo Mayer

    Government, Industry & Labor in WWI - Host | @ 05:15Labor Gains & Labor Losses - Dr. Mark Robbins | @ 10:05A Century in the Making: Article by Traci Slatton- Host | @ 19:20Historian's Corner - Col. Michael Visconage, USMC (ret.) | @ 30:15The Buzz: Posts from the internet - Host | @ 39:05----more----World War I - THEN100 Years AgoThe American Worker & WWI

    Sources

    Helgeson, Jeffrey, “American Labor and Working-Class History, 1900-1945,” Oxford Research Encyclopedias https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-330

    Keir, Malcolm, “Post-War Causes of Labor Unrest,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January 1919, pp. 101-109, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1014423

    Mintz, Steven, “Historical Context: Post-World War I Labor Tensions,” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-post-world-war-i-labor-tensions

    “How War Amplified Federal Power in the Twentieth Century,” Foundation for Economic Education,

    https://fee.org/articles/how-war-amplified-federal-power-in-the-twentieth-century/

    Exploring the Labor Movement in WWI

    Dr. Mark Robbins

    Links:

    https://www.delmar.edu/degrees/history/faculty-listing.html

    https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Class-Union-Organizing-Post-World/dp/0472130331

    World War I - NOW

    CENTURY IN THE MAKING

    Traci Slatton: https://medium.com/@tslatton/and-so-it-begins-sabin-howard-starts-sculpting-the-national-wwi-memorial-e31d4b20cda7

    Gallery of images and videos

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/bEdrAjQCdYuLRa1V8

    Remembering VeteransA Historian Commemorates WWI - Col. Micheal Visconage, USMC (Ret.)

    Links:

    https://www.militarycityusaradio.org/main/marine-corps-colonel-ret-mike-visconage/

    The Buzz

    Links

    Veterans worried as WWI monument faces demolishing

    http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/-that-legacy-needs-to-be-carried-on-veterans-worried-as-wwi-monument-faces-demolishing

    Veterans Group Marks 100-Year Milestone for WWI’s Polish-American Freedom Fighters

    https://citylimits.org/2019/09/11/veterans-group-marks-100-year-milestone-for-wwis-polish-american-freedom-fighters/

    “ETCHED IN MEMORY”

    https://www.facebook.com/theworldwar/photos/a.10150262914016241/10157508089181241/?type=3&theater

    John Logie Baird

    https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/17894519.john-logie-baird-features-new-ww1-exhibition-holyrood/

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Col. Michael Visconage, US Marine Corps (Ret.)

    Dr. Mark Robbins

    Special thanks to novelist Traci Slatton for allowing us to read her article in M on the show

  • FOCUS ON: The Non-Combatants of WWI

    Episode #139

    Host - Theo Mayer

    Unprecedented logistics - Joe Johnson | @ 05:00The US Army Signal Corps - Host | @ 09:15The Hello Girls - Dr. Elizabeth Cobb | @ 11:30Medical Support Services & the AFS - Nicole Milano | @ 15:50The US Postal Service in WWI - Lynn Heidelbaugh | @ 22:15The Stars & Stripes - Robert Rheid | @ 25:40The Doughboy’s Sweetheart: Elsie Janis - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 28:15Bringing Soldiers to God and God to Soldiers - Dr. John Boyd | @ 32:05Donuts and Coffee - Patri O’Gan | @ 34:25

    ----more----

    FOCUS ON: The Non-Combatants of WWISources

    Terrett, Dulany, “The Signal Corps: The Emergency (to 1941),” The Army Signal Corps, https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-16/CMH_Pub_10-16-1.pdf

    DARPA

    https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa

    Gray, Andrew, “The American Field Service,” American Heritage, December 1974, https://www.americanheritage.com/american-field-service

    “World War I Rations: Full Belly, Fully Ready,” Army Heritage Educational Center, https://www.armyheritage.org/75-information/soldier-stories/359-worldwar1rations

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 27

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2747-ww1-centennial-news-episode-27-7-05-2017.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 62

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4179-ww1-centennial-news-episode-62-03-09-2018.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 82

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4838-ww1-centennial-news-episode-82-7-27-2018.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 34

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3043-ww1-centennial-news-episode-34-8-23-2017.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 68

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4369-ww1-centennial-news-episode-68-04-20-2018.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 69

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4385-ww1-centennial-news-episode-69-04-27-2018.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 54

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3949-ww1-centennial-news-episode-54-01-12-2018.html

    World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 115

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6077-ww1-centennial-news-episode-115-03-22-19.html

    Senate Hello Girl Bill

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/206/all-info

    House Hello Girl Bill

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1953

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Joe Johnson of the Defense Acquisition University

    Professor Elizabeth Cobbs

    Nicole Milano from the American Field Services

    Lynn Heidelbaugh from the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum

    Robert Rheid from Stars & Stripes

    Historian Dr. Edward Lengel

    The US Army Chaplains Corps Dr. John Boyd

    Patri O’Gan from the Smithsonian Institution

  • Highlights: War Football & The NFL

    Episode #138

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: Woodrow Wilson’s last chapter - Host | @ 02:15A Century In The Making: From the Sabin Howard Sculpture Studio - Host | @ 12:15
    Remembering Veterans: Camp Doughboy “4” - Kevin Fitzpatrick | @ 13:45 Spotlight on the Media: “War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL” - Chris Serb | @ 22:30Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 34:50 ----more----World War I - THEN100 Years AgoWoodrow Wilson’s last chapter - Host

    Sources

    Dorsey, Leroy G., “Woodrow Wilson’s Fight for the League of Nations: A Reexamination,” Rhetoric and Public Affairs, pp. 107-135 Spring, 1999 (Vol. 2, No. 1) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41939493?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

    Glass, Andrew, “Wilson Collapses During Western Tour: Sept. 25, 1919,” Politico, September 25, 2017 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/25/this-day-in-politics-sept-25-1919-243039

    Lynn, Kenneth S., “The Hidden Agony of Woodrow Wilson,” The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2004 http://archive.wilsonquarterly.com/essays/hidden-agony-woodrow-wilson

    MacMillan, Margaret, Paris 1919, pp. 489-491

    Markel, Howard, “”When a Secret President Ran the Country,” PBS Newshour, October 2, 2015 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/woodrow-wilson-stroke

    “Wilson Embarks on Tour to Promote League of Nations, History Channel, July 28, 2019 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-embarks-on-tour-to-promote-league-of-nations

    “President Wilson Suffers a Stroke,” Eyewitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wilsonstroke.htm

    “Woodrow Wilson: Strokes and Denial,” University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, https://ahsl.arizona.edu/about/exhibits/presidents/wilson

    World War I - NOWA Century in The MakingFrom the Sabin Howard Sculpture Studio - HostRemembering VeteransCamp Doughboy #4 - Kevin Fitzpatrick

    Links:

    https://www.eastcoastdoughboys.com

    https://eastcoastdoughboys.com/wwi-history-weekend-camp-doughboy-sept-14-15/

    https://govisland.com/things-to-do/events/4th-annual-camp-doughboy-wwi-history-weekend

    http://www.fitzpatrickauthor.com/tag/doughboy/

    Commission NewsSpotlight on the Media“War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL” - Chris Serb

    Links:

    https://www.amazon.com/War-Football-World-Birth-NFL/dp/153812484X

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-serb-7324496/

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Kevin Fitpatrick

    Chris Serb

  • Highlights: American Legion Post #43: Revitalized and Relevant

    Episode #137

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: Headlines last week of August 1919 - Host | @ 02:15Born in the Month of August- Dave Kramer | @ 09:05Remembering Veterans: American Legion Post 43 Revitalized - Fernando Rivero & Lester Probst | @ 14:45 Articles & Posts: Dispatch Newsletter - Host | @ 32:55----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago: Headlines last week of August 1919 - Host

    Sources

    Carnegie’s Estate, At Death, Worth About $30,000,000, New York Times, August 29, 1919, p. 1

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/29/issue.html

    “Pershing Rejects Call to Testify,” New York Times, August 31, 1919, p.1

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/31/109332474.html?pageNumber=1

    “Pershing Rank Bill to Pass Tomorrow, Washington Post, August 31, 1919, p. 1

    https://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/event/explorer-trivia-night-f19/

    Girl Ordered Shot Arrives here Safe”, New York Times, August 26, 1919, p. 6, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/26/issue.html

    Jemison, Dick, “Record Price is Offered for Ruth,” Atlanta Constitution, August 30, 1919, p.21

    https://newspaperarchive.com/atlanta-constitution-aug-31-1919-p-21/

    Born in the Month of August - Dave Kramer

    Sources

    Christy Mathewson Biography, https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mathewson-christy

    First Division Museum, Robert McCormick Biography, https://www.fdmuseum.org/researchers/robert-r-mccormick-biography/

    Shipman, Pat, “Why Mata Hari Wasn’t a Cunning Spy After All, National Geographic History, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/11-12/mata-hari-history-killing/

    Hamilton, David E., “Herbert Hoover: Life Before the Presidency,” University of Virginia Miller Center, https://millercenter.org/president/hoover/life-before-the-presidency

    World War I - NOWRemembering Veterans

    American Legion Post #43: Revitalized and Relevant

    Links:

    https://www.hollywoodpost43.org/

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Lester Probst and Fernando Rivero

  • Highlights: The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

    Episode #136

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: The Turning Tide - August 1918 - Host | @ 02:10100 Years Ago: The Aftermath - August 1919 - Host | @ 07:20Remembering Veterans: The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay - Daniel J. Basta | @ 09:25 Commission News | @ 22:05Spotlight on the Media: “Over There with Private Graham” - Steve Badgley, Bruce Jarvis | @ 24:55 Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 35:55“Making History”: The Hello Girls Cast Album -Music Snippet | @ 42:55 ----more----World War I - THEN100 Years AgoThe Turning Tide - August 1918 - Host

    The Aftermath - August 1919 - Host

    Sources

    St. John, Rachel, “The Raging Controversy at the Border Began with This Incident 100 Years Ago,” Smithsonian Magazine, July 2018

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/raging-controversy-border-began-100-years-ago-180969343/

    “Our Cavalry Pursues Bandits in Mexico,” New York Times, August 20, 1919, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/20/issue.html

    Mintz, Steven, “Historical Context: Post World War I Labor Tensions,” History Now, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-post-world-war-i-labor-tensions

    World War I - NOWRemembering VeteransThe Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay - Daniel J. Basta

    Links: http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/event/exhibit-opening-ghost-fleet

    https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/mallows-bay/

    Google Earth of Mallows Bay

    http://dnr.maryland.gov/ccs/Pages/MallowsBay_History.aspx

    Commission News

    American Legion Conference

    Link: https://www.legion.org/convention

    Digital Download The Hello Girls Cast Album Promo

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/hello

    Digital Download WWI Genealogy Research Guide Promo

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/guide

    Sabin Howard Facebook Page

    Link: https://www.facebook.com/sabinhoward

    Spotlight on the Media“Over There With Private Graham? - Steve Badgley, Bruce Jarvis

    Links:

    https://militaryhistorynow.com/2019/01/13/a-doughboys-diary-unearthed-wartime-journal-offers-extraordinary-glimpse-into-experiences-of-ww1-u-s-soldier/

    Book on Badgley Publishing:

    http://www.badgleypublishingcompany.com/OverThereWithPrivateGraham.html

    Book on Amazon:

    https://www.amazon.com/Over-There-Private-Graham-Compelling/dp/0998804525

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing:

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

    Special guests:

    Daniel J. Basta

    Steve Badgley and Bruce Jarvis

  • Highlights: Focus ON: War in the Sky

    Episode #135

    Host - Theo Mayer

    SPECIAL: Focus ON: War in The Sky

    Introduction - Host | @ 01:45Balloonatic: James Allen Higgs Jr. - Host | @ 04:35Erwin Bleckley & the Lost Battalion - LtCol Doug Jacobs USA (Ret.) | @ 08:05WWI War Tech: Interrupter Gear - Host | @ 13:50PTSD in WWI Pilots - Mark Wilkins | @ 16:40Eddie Rickenbacker Profile - Host | @ 23:30Quentin Roosevelt Killed - Host | @ 26:05New Memorial to WWI Airmen - Michael O’neal & Robert Casperzack | @ 28:05----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekSegment - Host | @ 02:00

    Links:

    Episode 86: https://www.ww1cc.org/episode-86

    War in the Sky Timeline: http://ww1cc.org/warinthesky

    https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/2017/05/26/above-the-battlefields-of-world-war-i/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloon

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_military_ballooning#World_War_I

    https://mashable.com/2016/03/02/wwi-balloons/#nGRfpJmxX8qR

    https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-aerial-warfare/507326/

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/3087941?mag=doughboy-slang&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contents

    http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/balloon43.htm

    Episode #91: https://www.ww1cc.org/episode-91

    https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Argonne-Americas-Greatest-Campaigns/dp/0813175550

    http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2018/03/thunder-in-argonne-reviewed-by-peter-l.html

    https://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=4777

    Episode #30: https://www.ww1ccl.org/episode-30

    https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/2017/05/26/above-the-battlefields-of-world-war-i/

    Episode #68: https://www.ww1cc.org/episode-68

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1918/04/14/American-flyers-down-pair/9481523634159/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen#Death

    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015075629603;view=1up;seq=46

    http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/earlyfighters.htm

    http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/deflectorgear.htm

    http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fokker.htm

    https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1369.htm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysB-SH19WRQ

    Episode #66: https://www.ww1ccl.org/episode-66

    https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/world-war-i-pilot-ptsd-180967710/#0VKtyZX7JLXCy3JU.01

    http://thelafayetteescadrille.org/

    http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/4084-four-questions-for-mark-wilkins.html



    Episode #80: https://www.ww1ccl.org/episode-80.html

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/18/102723502.pdf

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/19/102724244.pdf

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/svc/tmach/v1/refer?pdf=true&res=9B01E5DB143EE433A2575AC1A9619C946996D6CF

    Episode #42: https://www.ww1cc.org/episode-42

    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924060892019;view=1up;seq=436

    https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US1388932.pdf

    Other:

    “Viewpoint: How WWI Changed Aviation Forever,” BBC Magazine, October 20, 1014

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29612707

    www.ww1cc.org/warinthesky

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/5468-ww1-centennial-news-episode-91-9-28-2018.html

    https://www.ksn.com/news/local/veterans-look-to-honor-wichitan-killed-in-wwi/1292796854

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4369-ww1-centennial-news-episode-68-04-20-2018.html

    https://www.amazon.com/Oswald-Boelcke-Germanys-Fighter-Father/dp/1910690236

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4284-ww1-centennial-news-episode-66-04-06-2018.html

    https://www.amazon.com/Aero-Neurosis-Pilots-Psychological-Legacies-Combat/dp/1526723123

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4407-ww1-centennial-news-episode-70-05-04-2018.html

    http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/rickenbacker.htm

    http://www.historynet.com/captain-eddie-rickenbacker-americas-world-war-i-ace-of-aces.htm

    http://acepilots.com/wwi/us_rickenbacker.html

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4773-ww1-centennial-news-episode-80-7-113-2018.html

    This Day in Aviation History

    https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/american-expeditionary-force/



    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    Pritzker Military Museum and Library

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Editing team

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

  • Highlights:
    American Philanthropy & WWI

    Episode #134

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: American Philanthropy and WWI - Host | @ 02:00A Century of the Rockefeller Foundation - David Rockefeller Jr. | @ 09:20Commission News: Focus on the Memorial - Host | @ 17:00Remembering Veterans: Americans All - Nancy Gentile Ford | @ 19:10Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 30:40----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekAmerican Philanthropy and WWI - Host | @ 02:00

    Abrahamson, Eric John, Beyond Charity: A Century of Philanthropic Innovation, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Series,

    https://assets.rockefellerfoundation.org/app/uploads/20131001184008/Beyond-Charity.pdf.pdf

    “The Rich History of Philanthropy, NPR

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5516260

    Kelly, Matt, “U. Va. Professor Uncovers the Rich History of Philanthropy in America,” UVA Today, January 23, 2012, https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-professor-uncovers-rich-history-philanthropy-america

    “A History of Modern Philanthropy,” National Philanthropic Trust

    https://www.historyofgiving.org/introduction/

    “Philanthropy in America: An Historical and Strategic Overview,” Stanford Graduate School of Business, Case SI-66, May 28, 2004

    https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/gsb-cmis/gsb-cmis-download-auth/354111

    World War I - NOWA century of the Rockefeller Foundation - David Rockefeller Jr.

    Links:

    https://www.rbf.org/people/david-rockefeller-jr

    www.drfund.org/information-contact/contact/

    http://www.aroundtheamericas.org/log/our-team/

    “Beyond Charity: A Century of Philanthropic Innovation”:

    https://assets.rockefellerfoundation.org/app/uploads/20131001184008/Beyond-Charity.pdf.pdf

    Commission News: Focus on the Memorial - HostLink: http://ww1cc.org Remembering VeteransAmericans All - Nancy Gentile Ford

    Links:

    http://ww1cc.org/americans

    http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ngf.htm

    https://books.google.com/books/about/Americans_All.html?id=SfRz8DhrFn0C

    https://intranet.bloomu.edu/research_scholars/ford

    https://www.facebook.com/nancy.g.ford.3

    http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ngf.htm

    https://www.amazon.com/Nancy-Gentile-Ford/e/B001JAR7CO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1105546.Nancy_Gentile_Ford

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-gentile-ford-47839499

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    Pritzker Military Museum and Library

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Special guests:

    David Rockefeller Jr.

    Dr. Nancy Gentile Ford

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Website support: JL Michaud

  • Highlights: WWI Remembered in KC & DC

    Episode #133

    Host - Theo Mayer

    How Treaties Are Created - Host | @ 02:23Food Sales at Post Offices - Host | @ 08:50National WWI Museum and Memorial in KC - Dr. Matthew Naylor | @ 10:55Doughboy Foundation - Dan Dayton | @ 21:20Born in the Month of July - Dave Kramer | @ 31:30 Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 34:35----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekPeace Treaty and Senate Confirmation - Host

    Sources

    “The Senate’s Role in Treaties,” The U.S. Senate: Art and History, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Treaties.htm

    “Open Treaty Hearings Begin Tomorrow,” New York Times, July 30, 1919, p.1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/30/issue.html

    War Surplus Food - Host

    Sources

    “U.S. Army Will Sell Surplus of Food in Post Offices,” New York Times, July 31, 1919, p. 1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/31/issue.html

    “Promise Quick Action to Punish Profiteers,” Seattle Star, August 13, 1919, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1919-08-13/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=07%2F31%2F1919&index=10&date2=08%2F15%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=1&words=food+FOOD+Food+foods+office+post&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=food+post+office&dateFilterType=range&page=1

    “Hoarded Stocks of Food to Be Placed On Market,” The Daily Gate City, August 9, 1919, p.1, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057262/1919-08-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=07%2F31%2F1919&sort=relevance&date2=08%2F15%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=1&index=15&words=food+Food+foods+office+post+Post&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=food+post+office&dateFilterType=range&page=2

    World War I - NOWNational WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City - Dr. Matthew Naylor

    National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City: https://www.theworldwar.org/

    World War 1 Commission:

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/about/the-commission.html

    National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.

    http://ww1cc.org/memorial

    HistoryNet.com: https://www.historynet.com/matthew-naylor-legacy-world-war.htm

    NonProfit Pro: https://www.nonprofitpro.com/article/2018-executive-of-the-year-dr-matthew-naylor/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnaylor

    Commission News: Announcing the Doughboy Foundation - Dr. Dan Dayton

    Doughboy Foundation: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/about/the-foundation.html

    LinkedIn Profile:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-dayton-3934228/

    World War 1 Commission:

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/about/the-commission.html

    National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.

    http://ww1cc.org/memorial

    Born in the Month of July

    Read by Dave Kramer

    Sources

    Paul, Steve, “Young Mr. Hemingway in Italy, https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/young-hemingway

    Putnam, Thomas, “Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath,” Prologue Magazine, Spring 2006 https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/hemingway.html

    Ernest Hemingway Biography - World War I, http://www.lostgeneration.com/ww1.htm

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    Woodward, Richard B., “The Hard-Boiled Bard,” The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/28/usa.biography

    Daniel, Douglass K., “Bad Grandpa? Book DownplaysActor Walter Brennan’s Dark Side,” The Washington Times,

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/9/bad-grandpa-book-downplays-actor-walter-brennans-d/

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    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    Pritzker Military Museum and Library

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Special guests:

    Garrett Peck

    Dr. Patricia O’Toole

    Dr. Matthew Naylor

    Daniel S. Dayton

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Web support: JL Michaud

  • Highlights: Red Summer Riots 1919

    Episode #132

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: Red Summer Riots - Dr. Jeffrey Sammons | @02:10Great War Project: Retrospective - Mike Shuster | @15:15Introducing the A.E.F. Memorial Corps - Host | @25:15New Digital Download: Hello Girls Single - Host | @27:35Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @31:00----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekRed Summer 1919 - Dr. Jeffrey Sammons

    https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/jeffrey-sammons.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sammons

    https://www.meridian.org/profile/dr-jeffrey-sammons/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/about/the-commission/advisory-boards/historical-advisory-board.html

    http://ww1cc.org/valor

    Henry, Charles, “Remembering the Red Summer of 1919, UC Berkeley Blog, https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2019/03/02/remembering-the-red-summer-of-1919/

    Klinker, Adam, “The Legacy of 1919,” Creighton Magazine,

    https://www.creighton.edu/creightonmagazine/2019sprfeaturelegacyof1919/

    Krugler, David, 1919, the Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back, 2014

    Railton, Ben, “Racial Terrorism and the Red Summer of 1919.” Saturday Evening Post, June 19, 2019

    https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/06/considering-history-racial-terrorism-and-the-red-summer-of-1919/

    Tabler, Dave, “Knoxville’s Red Summer of 1919,”

    http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/08/knoxvilles-red-summer-of-1919.html

    Williams, Chad, “African American Veterans Hoped Their Service in World War I Would Secure Their Rights at Home. It Didn’t,” Time, November 12, 2018, https://time.com/5450336/african-american-veterans-wwi/

    Race Riots of 1919 (a partial map)

    https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=56186312471f47eca8aff16a8a990aa8

    World War I - NOWThe Great War Project - Mike Shuster

    https://www.GreatWarProject.org

    mail:[email protected]

    Commission News: Announcing A.E.F. Memorial Corps

    The VFW Convention starts Saturday, July 20 and runs through the 24th in Orlando.

    Link: https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/120th-vfw-national-convention

    Remembering Veterans

    New Digital Download: Hello Girls Promo

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/hello

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    Pritzker Military Museum and Library

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Special guests:

    Dr. Jeffrey Sammons

    Mike Shuster

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Research and support: JL Michaud

  • Highlights: Monumental Scale!

    Episode #131

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago: Let Me Count The Ways - host | @02:15A Century In The Making - Sabin Howard | @14:40Education: NHD WWI History Award Winner - Tim Proskauer | @25:25Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @37:45----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekLet Me Count The Ways - Host

    WWI - Where the money came from and what it bought?

    Links

    “The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary,” U. S. War Department, Statistics Branch of the General Staff, http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/docs/statistics/statstc.htm#2

    “The War with Germany “ charts, maps and diagrams

    https://archive.org/details/warwithgermanyst00ayreuoft/page/n5

    “Official Report Issued Yesterday, Graphically Shows America’s Part in the War, New York Times, June 27, 1919

    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/06/27/issue.html

    Savell, Stephanie, https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/21/we-have-spent-32-million-hour-war-2001

    “Disposal of Surplus War Materials,” Library of Congress

    http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1943113000

    National Bureau of Economic Research

    https://www.nber.org/papers/w10580

    World War I - NOWA Century In The MakingUpdate the National World War I Memorial sculpture - Sabin Howard

    Links

    www.ww1cc.org/memorial

    https://www.sabinhoward.com/

    EducationNational History Day winning Senior level award for WWI submission - Tim Proskauer

    Links

    Sebastian’s Project:

    https://drive.google.com/a/student.dodea.edu/file/d/1rjt9U3J1jWAXO8VsyOUDCJ-9MgkfRpc5/view?usp=drivesdk

    NHD Competition:
    https://www.nhd.org/national-contest

    NHD Winners: https://www.nhd.org/winners-44th-annual-national-history-day-contest

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Research and support: JL Michaud

  • Episode #130

    Host - Theo Mayer

    100 Years Ago This Week: Ike’s Big Road Trip - Host |@ 01:50Remembering Veterans: Veterans History Project - Col Karen Lloyd USA (ret.) |@ 11:15Spotlight On the media: Ernst Jünger Documentary - Elsa Minisini |@ 22:20Articles & Posts - Weekly Dispatch - Host |@ 33:55World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekIke’s Big Road Trip

    Sources

    Highway History, Federal Highway Administration, https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.cfm

    Pfeiffer, David A., “Ike’s Interstates at 50,” Prologue Magazine, The National Archives of the United States, https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/interstates.html

    Klein, Christopher, “The Epic Road Trip that Inspired the Interstate Highway System, https://www.history.com/news/the-epic-road-trip-that-inspired-the-interstate-highway-system

    Thompson, Helen, “How a Hellish Road Trip Revolutionized America’s Highways,” Smithsonian, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1919-ike-took-hellish-road-trip-across-us-180956284/

    “1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy,” https://www.dwightdeisenhower.com/368/1919-Transcontinental-Motor-Convoy

    Cook, Kevin L., “Ike’s Road Trip,” American History, https://www.historynet.com/ikes-road-trip.htm

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    World War I - NOWRemembering VeteransVeterans’ History Project - Gold Star Family Voices Act - Col. Karen Lloyd

    http://www.loc.gov/vets/

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/submit-a-story-of-service.html

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/wwi-genealogy-research-guide.html

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/6129-veterans-history-project-updates-collections-policy-and-scope-includes-gold-star-voices.html

    https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/11/new-director-appointed-to-lead-veterans-history-project/

    https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s3419

    https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/114th-congress/house-report/663

    https://www.goldstarmoms.com/legislative-news.html

    Spotlight on the Media“The Red and The Gray” - Elsa Minisimi

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/6206-the-red-and-the-gray.html

    http://ww1cc.org/wwrite

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-Junger

    https://fidmarseille.org/en/personnalite/elsa-minisini/

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

    The Starr Foundation

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo

    Line Producer in Training: Juliette Cowall

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Research and support: JL Michaud

  • Highlights: 4th of July, 1919

    Episode #129

    Host - Theo Mayer

    4th of July, 1919 - Host |@ 02:05Extra Extra: The Treaty is signed - Mike Shuster |@ 08:40The WWrite Blog - Dr. Jennifer Orth-Veillon |@ 14:00Bladensburg Peace Cross - Host |@ 25:50Articles & Posts - Host |@ 31:15----more----World War I - THEN100 Years Ago This WeekFirst July 4th post- Armistice - Host

    Special Report by David Kramer

    “A Champion is Born,” Toledo Blade, June 26, 2019

    https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2016/07/04/A-champion-is-born/stories/20160703203

    “Plans Completed to Make Tomorrow ‘Greatest Fourth,’” Washington Herald, July 3, 1919

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1919-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=06%2F25%2F1919&index=2&date2=07%2F05%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=1&words=4+July+th&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=July+4th&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

    “All Ready, Folks, for a Victory 4th!,” The Seattle Star,

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1919-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/

    The Great War ProjectEXTRA EXTRA The Germans Capitulate - Mike Shuster

    http://ww1cc.org/cn

    http://greatwarproject.org/2019/06/16/extra-extra-the-germans-capitulate/

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6347-ww1-centennial-news-episode-128-06-21-19.html



    World War I - NOWSpotlight on the MediaCommemorating the WWrite Blog - Jennifer Orth-Veillon

    http://ww1cc.org/wwrite

    https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/jennifer-orth-veillon-phd.html

    https://www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2018/11/an-interview-with-jennifer-orth-veillon-curator-of-the-wwi-centennial-blog-by-andria-williams/

    Remembering VeteransSupreme Court Ruling on the Bladensburg “Peace Cross”

    Marimow, Ann E. and Ruane, Michael E., “A World War I Cross Under Siege, The Washington Post, September 21, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/maryland-peace-cross/

    deVogue, Ariane and Stracqualursi, Veronica, “Supreme Court Rules ‘Peace Cross’ in Maryland Can Remain,” CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/supreme-court-maryland-world-war-i-memorial-cross/index.html

    Articles and PostsHighlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

    http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

    Sponsors:

    The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

    The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

    The Starr Foundation

    The Doughboy Foundation

    Production:

    Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

    Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

    Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo

    Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

    Special segment host:

    Mike Shuster

    Interview Editing

    Mac Nelsen
    Tim Crowe

    Research and support: JL Michaud