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Military History: American Conflicts and Wars

U.S. Government Resources about World War I

Below are some U.S. Government resources about World War I.

American Women: Resources from the Manuscript Collections: World War I | Library of Congress (LC)
Buffalo Soldiers: WWI Era | National Park Service (NPS)
Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I | LC
Native Words, Native Warriors | National Museum of the American Indian
Notable Registrants of the World War I Draft | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918 to 1919 | LC
Teaching and Mapping the Geography of the Meuse Argonne Offensive | ABMC
Timeline (1914 - 1921) | LC
Treaty of Versailles: Topics in Chronicling America | LC
The U.S. Army in World War I: Fact Sheet | U.S. Army Center of Military History
Women in World War I | National Museum of American History (NMAH)
The Women of World War I in Photographs | NARA
World War I | NMAH
World War I | NPS
World War I | Naval History and Heritage Command
World War I: Building the American Military | U.S. Department of Defense
World War I: Find Primary Sources and Online Teaching Activities | NARA and National Archives Foundation
World War I, Full-Text Citations | United States Army Medal of Honor

Declaration of War Against Germany (Image source: NAID: 5916620)