WWI

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Howard Knotts, who became a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down during World War I.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Sidney C. Graves, who was a two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient in World War I.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Joy Bright Hancock, who served in both World Wars and was director of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Stanley Lane, who served in various jobs during World War I, World War II and the Korean War.

Army Veteran Bhagat Singh Thind is an advocate for the citizenship of all Indian Americans.

The virtual First Colors event paid homage to World War I Veterans and opened the National World War I Memorial April 16.

Visitors to Washington, D.C., pass many memorials during their trips. Among those are memorials dedicated to wars throughout the nation’s history. The black granite of the Vietnam War Memorial. The fountains and columns of the World War II Memorial. The 19 stainless steel statues of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. One war—dubbed “The Great War”—has been the only one missing. That changes April 16, 2021, with the First Colors ceremony unveiling the National WWI Memorial.

World War I Veterans will be honored during First Colors, a 90-minute virtual, free broadcast 10 a.m. Eastern April 16. Actor Gary Sinise hosts the inaugural flag raising at the Memorial site and virtual program, held only online at https://firstcolors.worldwar1centennial.org/.

Search, add, and honor WW1 Veterans for free on Rollofhonor.org – a great place to learn about those who served in The Great War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Frederick Clarence Stilson, who served during World War I from 1917 through the armistice.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Roy N. Scow, who earned a Silver Star while serving in the infantry during World War I.

"The Last Monday in May," written by Bob Regan and Don Goodman with Veterans from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, is a tribute to the spirit of Memorial Day.