United States – Page 21 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Side by Side’ – America’s WWI war effort remembered in Britain

Patrick Gregory reports on the opening of a new exhibition at the American Museum in Britain commemorating US involvement in the First World War.

April 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Final ‘100 Cities/100 Memorials’ US Centennial awards announced

Fifty more memorials in US cities commemorating America’s Great War dead have been officially designated, and awarded grants, as national ‘WW1 Centennial Memorials’.

April 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire

On the Centennial of America’s first significant clash of the Great War, Patrick Gregory tells the story of the encounter at Seicheprey, on 20 April 1918.

Author: Patrick Gregory

April 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire

On the Centennial of America's first significant clash of the Great War, Patrick Gregory tells the story of the encounter at Seicheprey, on 20 April 1918.

April 29, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Spring 1918 – The US air effort takes off

The rise of American power in WWI, told by Patrick Gregory on the Centennial of ‘Ace of Aces’ Eddie Rickenbacker scoring his first victory in the skies.

Author: Patrick Gregory

April 29, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Spring 1918 – The US air effort takes off

The rise of American power in WWI, told by Patrick Gregory on the Centennial of 'Ace of Aces' Eddie Rickenbacker scoring his first victory in the skies.

May 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Stars & Stripes return to Islay, 100 years on

An American flag made by Scottish islanders to honour US soldiers of the Great War who perished in a U-boat attack has travelled back to Islay for international commemorations taking place on Friday (May 4).

May 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Navies pay combined tribute to ‘Tuscania’ and ‘Otranto’ off Islay

Scotland’s commemorations for the American and British dead of the WW1 troopships SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto got under way with tributes at sea by the British, US, French and German navies.

May 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Flanders exhibitions, ‘1918 – The Final Offensive’

Three exhibitions now under way in Zonnebeke, Heuvelland and Waregem highlight different aspects of the last year of the First World War in Flanders.

May 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle

The first full US-led offensive of the Great War began at Cantigny in the Somme on 28 May 1918, as Patrick Gregory reports.

Author: Patrick Gregory