In October 1918, 600 men of the 77th Division attacked a heavily defended German position, charging forward until they were completely surrounded by enemy forces. Only 194 of these men survived.
America’s first female soldiers were Signal Corps telephone operators who made sure that critical messages got through, often while threatened by artillery fire.
American volunteers distributing food to starving Belgians witnessed the dramatic deportations, when an estimated 120,000 men were taken to factories in Germany.
A century after the guns fell silent along the Western Front, the work they did there remains of incalculable importance to the age we inhabit and the people we are.
A sad footnote to the horrific shootings in Broward county Florida is the soiling of the name of the environmental pioneer for whom the Parkland high school was named.
We republish an essay President Hoover wrote for American Heritage in 1958 in which he recounted his experiences as an aide to Woodrow Wilson at the peace talks after World War I. This important first-person narrative candidly details the difficulties that Wilson faced in what Hoover called “the greatest drama of intellectual leadership in all history.”
Enjoy excerpts from seven great books about the founding era.
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