95 years after the signing of the armistice ending the First World War, 21 German soldiers who died in that conflict were given a full military burial Wednesday at a cemetery in Northern France.
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The Science Of Sleeplessness
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Nathaniel Kleitman, known as the “father of modern sleep research,” was born in 1895 in Bessarabia — now Moldova — and spent much of his youth on the run. First, pogroms drove him to Palestine; then the First World War chased him to the United States. At the age of twenty, he landed in New York penniless; by twenty-eight, he’d worked his way through City College and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Soon after, he joined the faculty there. An early sponsor of Kleitman’s sleep research was the Wander Company, which manufactured Ovaltine and hoped to promote it as a remedy for insomnia.
Divers find First World War "Mystery Ship" which ambushed submarine
By hnn
It was perhaps one of the most hazardous roles of the First World War – acting as bait for German submarines.
But that was exactly the job of HMS Stock Force, one of the Royal Navy’s top secret “Q-ships” or “Mystery Ships” – specially adapted decoy vessels with concealed guns, which lured U-boats to the surface and then engaged them in a deadly duel.
The Stock Force was sunk in just such a clash, in what became one of the war’s most celebrated naval encounters, which led to its captain, Lieutenant Harold Auten, receiving the Victoria Cross, and inspired an early action film….
Source:
Telegraph (UK)
Source URL:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/9828937/Divers-find-First-World-War-Mystery-Ship-which-ambushed-submarine.html
Date:
1-27-13
Source: FULL ARTICLE at History News Network – George Mason University
National WWI Museum to play key leadership role in Centennial Commission
By hnn
The World War I Centennial Commission Act establishing a Centennial Commission based at the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial was signed into law by President Obama on January 14, 2013.
The 12-member Commission will meet initially and regularly at the National World War I Museum and will develop programs, projects and activities to commemorate the Great War’s Centennial from 2014 to 2018. The Commission will also be in charge of fundraising for commemorative events as no tax dollars were appropriated in the law.
The Museum will play a pivotal role as plans continue to develop for America’s efforts to remember the First World War. Not only will the Commission be based out of Kansas City, but the Museum is appointed to one of the twelve seats on the Commission.
“We are proud that the Centennial Commission Act has become law,” said Dr. Mary Cohen, Museum Board of Trustees Chair. “The upcoming Centennial affords a unique opportunity for Americans to explore an important time in our nation’s history. The Museum looks forward to working with the Commission to honor those who served in World War I.”
Source:
National WWI Museum press release
Source URL:
http://ow.ly/gSjeP
Date:
1-17-13
Source: FULL ARTICLE at History News Network – George Mason University