Article Archives: World War I: 100 Years Ago

World War I 100 Years Ago: Dec. 2-8

December 1, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, December 6, 1916: Yesterday and today a large crowd of several hundred persons paid a 25¢ (2015: $6) admittance charge to see posters of the Great War drawn by world famous artists and cartoonists Frank Brangwyn, Gerald Spencer-Pryse, Louis Raemaekers, and Théophile Steinlen at the … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 25-Dec. 1

November 24, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, November 25, 1916: “War’s Women,” the most daring treatment of the sufferings inflicted upon women and children during war, will have its exclusive showing in Indianapolis at the Regent Theater all of next week. Thomas H. Ince’s master production, featuring Frank Keenan and Enid Markey, … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 18-24

November 17, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, November 21, 1916: Bronze service badges will be awarded every soldier of the Indiana National Guard who has been in federal service along the Mexican border according to an announcement made yesterday by state Adjutant General Franklin L. Bridges. Three thousand five hundred badges, of … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 11-17

November 10, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 17, 1916: The Third Indiana Infantry has been ordered home from its camp at Llano Grande, Texas on the Mexican border where it has been stationed since July. Preparations have been made at Ft. Benjamin Harrison to receive the returning guardsmen. It will take … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 4-10

November 3, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 10, 1916: Tens of thousands of small pillows that relieve the tortures of transportation of the seriously wounded is the cry of the Indianapolis relief committee that seeks to aid the French wounded soldiers. The motorized ambulance can go anywhere possible, but it shakes … Read More