On 6 April 1917 America finally entered the First World War. America's Proclamation of War (Courtesy of the United States World War I Centennial Commission) CN’s Patrick Gregory looks at the background to the decision to go to war against Germany, and the forces which propelled President Woodrow Wilson and his country to [...]

America extended its First World War involvement as 1917 drew to a close, declaring war on Austria-Hungary. Centenary News contributor Patrick Gregory explains: The Habsburg double-headed eagle, symbol of an empire described by President Woodrow Wilson as 'the vassal of the German government' (Photo: Centenary News) During his annual State of the Union address [...]

The design for America’s proposed new National World War I Memorial in Washington DC has reached another key stage thanks to an innovative collaboration between the memorial’s sculptor and computer artists in New Zealand. Sabin Howard with his new working model of 'A Soldier's Journey', developed in partnership with digital modellers, Weta Workshop, [...]