/tags/world-war-i World War I en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:27:01 GMT /culture-history/2022-12-30/new-book-examines-a-white-middle-class-wwi-substitute-for-the-missouri-national-guard The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers. Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:27:01 GMT /culture-history/2022-12-30/new-book-examines-a-white-middle-class-wwi-substitute-for-the-missouri-national-guard Jonathan Ahl /arts/2018-11-12/the-wwi-hero-from-missouri-you-dont-know-but-no-hard-feelings It’s likely you’ve never heard of John Lewis Barkley.The Missouri native fought in World War I, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor and later writing… Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:05:55 GMT /arts/2018-11-12/the-wwi-hero-from-missouri-you-dont-know-but-no-hard-feelings Maria Altman /arts/2018-11-09/never-forget-st-louis-veterans-will-call-roll-of-missourians-who-died-in-world-war-i As world leaders meet Sunday in France for a grand tribute marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, a group of St. Louis… Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:20:52 GMT /arts/2018-11-09/never-forget-st-louis-veterans-will-call-roll-of-missourians-who-died-in-world-war-i Mary Delach Leonard /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-09-19/st-louis-native-neal-bascomb-details-daring-world-war-i-prisoner-escapes When considering the pivotal moments of World War I, the Great Escape of 1918 is likely not the first incident that comes to mind. Indeed, the history of… Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:57:40 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-09-19/st-louis-native-neal-bascomb-details-daring-world-war-i-prisoner-escapes /arts/2017-11-08/renovated-soldiers-memorial-will-reopen-for-veterans-day-2018 Renovation of the Soldiers Memorial in downtown St. Louis is on schedule, and the monument will reopen just before Veterans Day 2018 — the centennial of… Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:37:10 GMT /arts/2017-11-08/renovated-soldiers-memorial-will-reopen-for-veterans-day-2018 Mary Delach Leonard /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-07-24/100-years-since-the-u-s-entered-wwi-discussing-jefferson-barracks-and-missouris-contributions This April marked 100 years since the United States declared war on Germany and officially entered into World War I. But before the United States… Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:30:47 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-07-24/100-years-since-the-u-s-entered-wwi-discussing-jefferson-barracks-and-missouris-contributions Kelly Moffitt /arts/2017-04-05/100-years-later-st-louis-and-the-nation-remember-the-great-war One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I.To mark the occasion, several thousand people will attend a national… Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04:54:30 GMT /arts/2017-04-05/100-years-later-st-louis-and-the-nation-remember-the-great-war Mary Delach Leonard /arts/2015-12-15/with-horace-pippin-the-museum-has-a-1-5-million-addition-to-celebrate The artist Horace Pippin has been embraced by the St. Louis Art Museum and that is an occasion in which all of us should find joy at this season – along… Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:44:12 GMT /arts/2015-12-15/with-horace-pippin-the-museum-has-a-1-5-million-addition-to-celebrate Robert Duffy /arts/2015-11-25/to-escape-black-dog-of-depression-following-military-defeats-winston-churchill-turned-to-painting Defeat is not one of the primary words associated with Sir Winston Churchill’s career. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953, he gave the… Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:14:59 GMT /arts/2015-11-25/to-escape-black-dog-of-depression-following-military-defeats-winston-churchill-turned-to-painting Kelly Moffitt /arts/2015-06-09/74-year-old-paintings-connect-great-migration-to-current-events Harlem Renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence created his Great Migration Series 74 years ago, but his frank depiction of those events and the… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 03:34:59 GMT /arts/2015-06-09/74-year-old-paintings-connect-great-migration-to-current-events