Browse Items (77 total) for Ankeny Historical Society World War I Collection

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Kaiser Willing to Lose Power for War, Peace

A Copenhagen dispatch announced Oct. 17 that Germany's federal council had accepted a proposed amendment to the constitution making it imperative that the consent of the federal council and reichstag be given before a declaration of war to be made…

Is Your Boy Going Too?

This is an unidentified newspaper photo of marching soldiers during World War I

In the Midst of the Hun Retreat

German soldiers hurriedly folding up one of their enormous observation balloons to save it from capture by the advancing allies during World War I

In Memory of Edward A. Howard

There are 3 pieces of memorabilia here. The first is a letter from John J. Pershing, thanking Edward Howard for his service in World War I dated February 28, 1919. There is a photograph of Mr. Howard in his uniform and a signal school certificate…

Illustration of a battlefield in Europe during World War I

This is an illustration of what an army camp and battleground plan might look like during World War I

I Swear to Avenge Your Father and Kicking Up the Dust on the Western Front

This newspaper contains a World War I drawing and photograph and some advertisements.

Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army

This is the World War I U.S. Army discharge certificate for Eddie A. Howard at Camp Dodge, Iowa signed on June 19, 1919. It was donated in his memory by Karen Ballard Avey in September 2015.

Historical Happenings in Camp Dodge History

This article reports on a number of unique and historical events that occurred at Camp Dodge, Iowa during its first 85 years. Camp Dodge opened in 1917 as a training center for U.S. army soldiers in preparation for World War I.

His Thanksgiving

This painting by Harold Brett was on the cover of the November 1918 issue of Ladies Home Journal. It shows three soldiers in a trench in Europe during World War I. One is showing his buddies a picture of his mother, "His Thanksgiving"

Helping To Bring Wounded to a poste de Secours

This newspaper photo show a young woman in the service of the American Committee for Devastated France. The camions of the committee were kept busy day and night after the launching of the Franco-American counter attack on July 18, supplying food,…

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