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On July 12, President Wilson ordered all 112,000 National Guardsmen to report for duty as part of the National Army, being built to fight the Germans in France.

A historic first, nearly 200 American service members will lead the military parade on Bastille Day, July 14, along the famous Champs-Elysées in Paris in commemoration of the U.S. entry into World War I.  

Under the Marshall Plan, the United States provided billions in aid to Europe after the war, as part of a larger effort to rebuild and secure the continent. Marshall knew history swings on a hinge.

War! That was the headline screaming from newspapers around the country on April 6, 1917, as the United States declared war on the German empire… Congress provided the then-astronomical sum of $3 billion to build […]

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on the German Empire, joining France, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy. They were arrayed against Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire […]