Kentucky by Heart: WWI veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Samual Woodfill had strong ties to NKY
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Growing up, I recall passing by Woodfill Elementary School on Alexandria Pike, in Ft. Thomas…
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Photograph exhibition at CMC celebrates Cincinnati service members from World War I; opens June 28
In December 1918, just a month after World War I’s end, the US and Allied Governments War Exposition at Music…
Stuart Sanders: Message from Pulitzer-Prize winner from 100 years ago is still relevant today
Citizens mired in apathy. International money and foreign agents influencing domestic politics. Americans ensconced in a bubble of prosperity and…
Our Rich History: Christmas 1918 — Nenette and Rintintin became an American sensation
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Church bells rang joyously on Christmas Day in 1918 in Cincinnati and Northern…
Our Rich History: World War I — a confusing array of ethnic tensions as citizens are harassed, terrorized
Part 9 of a continuing series on World War I By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune On May 20,…
Our Rich History: The Cincinnati German origins of Memorial Day — here’s the connection
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune While doing research for The Cincinnati Germans in the Civil War by Gustav…
Our Rich History: How World War I affected our region in May 1918 — citizenship, service, grand jury
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune World War I was one of history’s most unfortunate and confusing conflicts. Europe’s…
Our Rich History: World War I heats up for Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, with hopes for a quick end
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune On October 21, 1917, World War I heated up for the American Expeditionary…
Our Rich History: WW I, six months after declaration of war, anti-German hysteria rears its ugly head
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune It was October 1917, six months after the United States declared war on…
Our Rich History: As World War I is declared, first local man is selected for the army
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune The Cincinnati Post of Wednesday, August 1, 1917 was crystal clear that Cincinnati…
Our Rich History: World War I in Cincinnati — the case of Lotta Burke and Free Speech
by Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States officially entered…
Our Rich History: World War I comes to Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to the NKyTribune One hundred years ago, on Wednesday, May 30, 1917, Covington, Kentucky’s Memorial…
Old Time Kentucky: Was Christmas truce of 1914 a ‘rebellion against authority’ for soldiers?
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist It is hard to separate fact from folklore about the storied World War I Christmas…
Old Time Kentucky: State’s only World War I Medal of Honor winner was also a modest hero
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist “The most modest hero of the world war” is buried in Louisville’s Zachary Taylor National…
Constance Alexander: Oral history and the arts tell relevant stories of the past
July 1, 2016, marked one-hundred years since the beginning of the devastating Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest…