Articles by Patrick Gregory
‘World War I and American Art’ – Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia
The first major exhibition devoted to exploring how American artists reacted to the First World War has opened in Philadelphia. World War I and American Art is being staged at the Pennsylvania Academy of the [...]
100 Years Ago: Woodrow Wilson sets out his Fourteen Points
At noon on Tuesday 8 January 1918 Woodrow Wilson stood before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill. The US President was to make a speech outlining Fourteen Points: proposals which he hoped would [...]
US WW1 museum explores German experiences on the Eastern Front
A new Eastern Front exhibition at America's National World War I Museum in Kansas City is a timely reminder of an often overlooked aspect of the Great War, writes Patrick Gregory. Wacht im Osten or ‘Watch in the East’ sets [...]
WWI veteran USS Texas battles for survival
A naval veteran of two world wars, the USS Texas is a battleship which has survived one or two scrapes in its time. But now, over a century on from its launch and after [...]
100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers
On the night of 5 February 1918 the liner Tuscania, carrying over 2,000 US serviceman bound for Europe, was torpedoed off the coast of Northern Ireland. In the confusion which followed some 210 men [...]
Spring 1918 – The US air effort takes off
On 29 April 1918, Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenbacker of the US Air Service was to score the first of the air victories that would, within a few short months, catapult him to the status of [...]
‘Understanding the Great War’ – education resource launched in US
The United States WWI Centennial Commission and America’s National World War I Museum & Memorial have teamed up to create a new online teaching resource aimed at increasing awareness of the Great War, writes [...]
St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle
A hundred years ago today, the newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time, commanding its own sector in northeast France. The St Mihiel offensive, as [...]
The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces
Historian John S.D. Eisenhower described it as ‘the turning point’. And certainly many of the key American participants of the time said they felt a decisive shift against the German Army after the Battle of Soissons in [...]
‘Side by Side’ – America’s WWI war effort remembered in Britain
A new exhibition marking the centenary of the United States’ role in the Great War is opening this week at the American Museum in Bath. 'Side by Side: America and World War I' seeks [...]
‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in London – Artist’s Armistice Centenary tribute
The 72,396 shrouded figures - individually created by Somerset artist Rob Heard - on display in London until Sunday, November 18 (Photo: Centenary News) The final leg of the WW1 Shrouds of [...]
‘Seven Halts on the Somme’ – Centenary exhibition in London
Hughie O'Donoghue pictured at Leighton House with 'The Sucrerie, Longueval' and 'Warlencourt Ridge' (Photo: Kevin Moran Photography) A new exhibition to commemorate the beginning of the Battle of the Somme has opened [...]