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Who was the ONLY Member of the US House of Reps to vote NO on WW I and II? And Why?

The family of a Scots soldier sent home from World War I after three of his brothers were killed have been traced after a worldwide appeal. The story, similar to the plot of Tom Hanks' film Saving Private Ryan, was uncovered by Scottish archives chiefs, who were desperate to find out what became of Frank Cowie. Now they have discovered that after his reprieve, he became a dad and successful farmer. The amazing story emerged last year after confidential military documents were released by National Records of Scotland. Yesterday, it emerged that his youngest daughter, Judy Barrett, had been in...

Alice Carver is almost six months shy of her 100th birthday, and she figures now is a good time to shed a few belongings. "I've got a million cupboards in this house," she said. "I am halfway into my 99th year, and I'm getting rid of all kinds of things." Carver leaned back against the chair in a comfortable kitchen that has warmed many souls since the house was built in the early 1800s. Outside the many windows, the grass was greening up in the May fog, and where the lawn sloped to the Lincolnville Beach shore, a clutch of...

Washington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.

Glenn Beck says Egypt unrest may be start of next world war. Glenn Beck has always had a flair for the dramatic, as anyone who has ever watched him or listened to him can tell you. After all, this is the man who, in early 2009, hosted an “apocalypse” show in order to highlight the impending economic apocalypse that the Obama administration was hellbent on wreaking on the US (to be fair, according to Beck, the US had been on that course for years). So now, it should be no surprise that Beck’s attention has turned to the biggest news...

Germany will make its last reparations payment for World War I on Oct. 3, settling its outstanding debt from the 1919 Versailles Treaty and quietly closing the final chapter of the conflict that shaped the 20th century. Oct. 3, the 20th anniversary of German unification, will also mark the completion of the final chapter of World War I with the end of reparations payments 92 years after the country's defeat. The German government will pay the last instalment of interest on foreign bonds it issued in 1924 and 1930 to raise cash to fulfil the enormous reparations demands the victorious...

Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-GorskiiThe photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population. In the early 1900s Prokudin-Gorskii formulated an ambitious plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed surveys...

I was doing a Family History Tour on those of my family that served in the Canadian Army in WW1. My Grand Father admitted that he was drunk when he enlisted when the war broke out, fishing, booze and being 22 had something to do with it. My Great Uncle Leo enlisted in the New Foundland Regiment a bit later but he was Canadian from PEI. New FoundLand was Empire, kind of curious about the process.

Here is raw video showing the desecration of British World War I graves at a cemetery in France. The graves were vandalized with bright pink paint used to paint Nazi Swastikas on 12 British graves, soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915 . . .

John Babcock, Canada's last known First World War veteran, has died at the age of 109, the Prime Minister's office said last night. "On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to extend my sincere condolences to Mr. Babcock's family and friends. As a nation, we honour his service and mourn his passing," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement. "John Babcock was Canada's last living link to the Great War, which in so many ways marked our coming of age as a nation. In honouring his service and mourning his passing, we honour the proud history of our...

Black soldiers from Clarksville went 'over there' in WWI

Washington (CNN) -- The last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, former Cpl. Frank Buckles, turns 109 on Monday and is still hoping for a national memorial in Washington for his comrades. Buckles is expected to deliver remarks during a quiet celebration Monday afternoon at his home in Charles Town, West Virginia. But the old "Doughboy" -- as World War I American infantry troops were called -- has already been outspoken in recent years, urging congressional lawmakers to give federal recognition and a facelift to a run-down District of Columbia memorial in an overgrown, wooded area along the National...

Posing proudly for the camera, they were young soldiers excitedly preparing for the adventure of war. But as they flung arms around friends and family members in smoke-filled stations or stood to attention in arrow-straight ranks, few could have guessed at the horrors ahead. Within months, many would lie dead in the mud of Passchendaele, the Somme and other bloody battlefields. The photos are now part of an archive of 2,000 predominantly military prints that has been hidden from public view for decades.

We call it Veterans Day now, but it used to be called Armistice Day, and I can’t help wondering whether we’ve lost something by converting a holiday originally meant to celebrate the veterans of World War I into an omnibus holiday, to honor all veterans of all wars. When I was a kid, we celebrated Armistice Day at my elementary school, P.S. 35 in the Bronx. And it was a very special holiday. Ms. Barr, our principal, came from a family that knew General John “Blackjack” Pershing very well. That general was her hero and she wanted us to embrace...

PARIS (AFP) – Former foes France and Germany held a joint World War I Armistice Day ceremony for the first time as events around the globe Wednesday honoured the millions killed in the conflict. President Barack Obama, speaking at a ceremony in the United States, hailed "the brave men and women of this young nation, generations of them, who above all else believed in and fought for a set of ideals." In London, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes to the war dead, including the growing number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. But the last British veteran of the 1914-18 conflict...

Rock group Radiohead has surprised their fans by recording a musical tribute to First World War veteran Harry Patch after he died at the age of 111. Dailymail.co.uk reports that Patch served in the trenches in 1917 and fought in the tragic battle of Passchendaele where more than 70,000 British soldiers died. He died July 25. The song is available to download and all the profits go to the Royal British Legion. “Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the First World War Harry Patch died at the age of 111. I had heard a very emotional interview with him...

Here is a video report on the death of Harry Patch, the last known British World War I veteran. Patch died today at the age of 111. He fought in the ghastly trench warfare that was the trademark of World War I fighting. Below is a video describing what it was like in the trenches . . . . . . (Watch Videos)

A Republican senator and a Democratic congressmen are teaming up to promote legislation to name a new Veterans Affairs Hospital in Louisville after the late World War I-era veteran Robley Rex. Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth introduced bills on Wednesday to honor Rex, who died at the age of 107 earlier this year. Both lawmakers say Rex was a strong advocate for veterans. Rex joined the Army when he was 18, just after World War I. He spent time in France and Germany before he was discharged in 1922. He was still volunteering at the Louisville VA...

Exclusive: The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World WarIt an't be posted by by FR rules, but it's a fascinating article.

Editor's note: With fears of a swine flu pandemic rising daily, CNN Pentagon producer Larry Shaughnessy remembered a batch of letters from his grandfather, a World War I soldier who battled the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919."I'm coming, I'm coming For my head is bending low I hear those gentle voices calling Old Black Joe" As World War I rages in Europe, fresh U.S. Army soldiers pass the time on a train ride to to Camp Forrest, Georgia. "The boys are just starting to sing," Martin Aloysius Culhane wrote on September 6, 1918, to his friend back home. "They've gotten...