Poppy Ornament

Poppy OrnamentDescription Features the image of a poppy on one side with the WWI Museum & Memorial logo on the reverse. Made in the USA. About the poppy: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a noted Canadian physician before the war, served with Canadas First Brigade Artillery as a surgeon at a field hospital in Belgium. As he worked within sight of poppies blooming across old battlefields and fresh graves, he crafted a poignant testament against war and wasted lives

by John Mosier

Animated by the voices of soldiers and civilians in the midst of unprecedented events

then was promoted as a circus-like spectacle on a postwar tour of the United States when it was “updated” to appeal to Americans’ more celebratory view of the conflict

Spain and the UK

is a profoundly moving

historical accuracy

German-speaking Swiss immigrants in Columbus

Drawing on letters

The Soldier from Independence recounts the World War I military adventure that would mark a turning point in the life of a humble man who would go on to become commander-in-chief

from their dawn to modern armored fighting vehicles

When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed

The failed attempts to end the war by negotiation further clarify the underlying forces that kept it going