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In Flanders Fields

Col. Ulric Dahlgren, born in Warwick, was leading a raid in Virginia. Orders to burn Richmond and execute Jefferson Davis were found on his body.

A cross-border collaboration fueled by an annual conference in Cornwall, Ontario, is helping to honor the life of a Canadian soldier who was born a slave, set free after the

A cross-border collaboration fueled by an annual conference in Cornwall, Ontario, is helping to honor the life of a Canadian soldier who was born a slave, set free after the

LeRoy Pope Walker, the first secretary of war for the newly declared Confederate States of America, predicted that all the blood spilled as a result of secession could be cleaned

The battle that allowed the Nazis to break through to Stalingrad The Red Army sought to recapture Kharkov from the Germans to begin the liberation of Ukraine. But, instead, it put them on the road to the Volga and the Caucasus. After the defeat of the German troops at Moscow in the winter of 1941-1942, the Soviet leadership was confident that the time had come to seize the initiative in the war. In several sectors along the Soviet-German front, the Red Army launched a large-scal...

We share two dev diaries about our upcoming Italian Front game Isonzo, and a new campaign event is starting.

Poppies became a symbol of sacrifice because of the war poem “In Flanders Field” written by the Canadian Physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

SACKETS HARBOR — In honor of the 208th anniversary of the Second Battle of Sackets Harbor, several local War of 1812 re-enactors will set up camp Saturday at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site. They will be joined by bagpiper Mark Franey. Following the outbreak of War in 1812, the village became the center of American naval and military activity for the upper St. Lawrence Valley and Lake Ontario, according to the Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance. In an attempt to destroy...

The Red Poppy By Jane Whitmore - | May 27, 2021 Memorial Day is a time to honor the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We gather at cemeteries to participate in services hosted by members of the VFW and American Legion. We decorate the graves of military men and women, and we decorate the graves of our departed loved ones. Reading the poem “In Flanders Field” is a part of many Memorial Day services. ...