Tag: World War I

Records? We don’t have no steenkeen records…

Or so I’ve been told. On this day in 1917, the U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I. (President Wilson had requested the declaration on April 2.  The Senate agreed on April 4, the House on April 6.) A few months later, my grandfather was drafted out of the hills of southwest …

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The Best World War I Movies

  It came out our decision to home school. Lessons would be supplemented with cultural references from life. This week, we moved to World War I, so I started asking friends “What are the best movies about World War I?” I got some great suggestions. Here they are in no particular order. The African Queen. …

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