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America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article does a nice job describing their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the...
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Montage for the Global War on Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Veterans Memory Project a series of interviews with veterans of the Global war on Terror built around four themes; attitudes toward service and war,combat,re-entry to civilian life, and the impacts of the experience.
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Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a job description of the three-hundred women who volunteered "in response to General Pershing's emergency call for bilingual long-distance operators." Discusses the passing of the 1978 bill which made these...
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Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Governor's House

For Students 9th - 10th
This building from 1869 was part of the first veterans' ("old soldiers") home in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: William Blount Mansion

For Students 9th - 10th
The home of William Blount from 1792 to his death in 1800. A veteran of the Congress of the Confederation and the Constitutional Convention where he represented North Carolina, Blount then became governor of the Southwest Territory, led...
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Memorial Day, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A political cartoon depicting a Union and a Confederate veteran united in support for the Spanish-American War. A painting entitled Twelve-Inch Gun depicting elegant officers and ladies aboard a battle ship, civilizing gentility and the...
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Image of Lioness Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
After viewing the PBS documentary, "Lioness", a panel of veterans conduct a discussion about women in combat. The recording of the discussion is available here. March 24, 2009
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Battle of Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Canadian Pioneers Laying Trench Mats Over Mud, Passchendaele, November 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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16th Canadian Machine Gun Company in Muddy Shell Holes, Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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German Barbed Wire Through Which the Canadians Advanced, Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Damage by German Shells, Passchendaele, November 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Captain w.g. Barker, and Wreckage of German Fokker d.vii Aircraft, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who fought in the air in World War I.
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Royal Flying Corps Canada Cadets, Camp Borden, Ontario, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who fought in the air in World War I.
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Vickers Gun on a Royal Flying Corps Canada Two Seater Aircraft, Ontario, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who fought in the air in World War I.
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Air Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who fought in the air in World War I.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Citizens! I Discharge You.

For Students 9th - 10th
[Caesar] mustered the soldiers in the Campius Martius, and requested a statement of their grievances. Their demands appeared to have a reference to a payment of their dues, the bestowal of promised presents, and a release from further...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Richard S. Ewell

For Students 9th - 10th
General Ewell, born in Georgetown, D. C., February 8th, 1817, died in Springfield, Tenn., January 25th, 1872, was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1840; served in the Mexican War, and was promoted captain, August 4th,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Sheridan

For Students 9th - 10th
Major General Sheridan riding along the lines after the Battle of Fisher's Hills, Va., September 22nd, 1864. Our illustration representing General Sheridan riding along the lines after his victory at Fisher's Hill is indeed a spirited...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Robert Green Ingersoll

For Students 9th - 10th
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism.

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