On December 26th, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson declared an emergency and took over the nations railroads for the duration of the war. Subsequently it took several acts of Congress to reverse and redress this action. Read the whole story by clicking here.
Month: January 2022
Teaching WW1 to students in Frontenac Kansas
Brady Hill is a history teacher at the high school in Frontenac, a small city just north of Pittsburg in the old Kansas coal country. You can read about this by clicking here.
Cleanup of WW1 Chemical Dump finished
Previously we have reported about these sites in the northwestern part of the District of Columbia (read by clicking here). The Army Corps of Engineers says that the cleanup and remediation work is now complete. Click here for the complete story.
William and Elizabeth Smith Friedman were among the premier cryptoanalysts in the First World War. You can read more about them by clicking here.