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Edward Hoak, a pharmacist at Fort Hancock during World War I, recounts his experience in an oral history.

Eleanor Gould Henfey, the daughter of a Western Union Marine Observer and wife of a U.S. Coast Guard Surfman, recounts her experience at Sandy Hook in an oral history.

Jeanette Woolley Bower, the granddaughter of a U.S.L.S.S. Captain, recounts her experience in an oral history.

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial in France is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries redesigned and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Meuse-Argonne is the largest ABMC cemetery in Europe with over 14,200 graves. Construction took place in 1929-32. French-born American architect Paul P. Cret served as consulting architect. Explore the cemetery and memorial via HDP’s virtual tour, animation, and archival HALS documentation.

Fort Tilden was established in 1917. It was part of a network of coastal fortifications in New York and New Jersey designed to protect New York Harbor. The fort was staffed by various companies of the Coast Artillery Corps. Battery Kessler initially completed in 1923, but later modernized and made permanent in 1942. Battery 220 was completed in 1943 as part of the modernization of the fort. Explore the two batteries via HDP’s animations and archival HAER documentation.

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery & Memorial in France is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries designed and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Construction took place in 1929-33, starting with the chapel and then new visitor and quarters buildings and landscape improvements. French-born American architect Paul P. Cret served as consulting architect.

Flanders Field American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries designed and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). It is the only ABMC World War I cemetery in Belgium. Construction of the chapel and landscape renovations took place in 1928-30. French-born American architect Paul P. Cret served as consulting architect. Explore the cemetery and memorial via HDP’s virtual tour and archival HALS documentation.

This Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan focuses on the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island. Today, the navy yard is known as the Philadelphia Navy Yard Annex, or the PNYA.

Lesson Plans related to military history of World War I

Dr. Catherine Cooper, Research Scientist at NCPTT speaking with Stacie Petersen, Director of Exhibitions and Registrar at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, about the “Why Keep That?” exhibit.