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Unesco declares WWI memorials in France and Belgium world heritage sites

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has added more than 130 World War I cemeteries and memorials across what was once the Western Front to its list of World Heritage sites.

Radio France Internationale

Police seek to reunite World War I medals with owner

The public could hold the key to tracking down the rightful owner of World War I medals found in Melbourne's southeast.

AAP

Rwanda genocide sites, WWI cemeteries added to World Heritage list

UN cultural body says memorial sites for human suffering can play a key role in peacebuilding.

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UNESCO adds World War I remembrance sites to its prestigious heritage registry

UNESCO has added World War I funerary and memorial locations across the Western Front to its prestigious World Heritage registry, expanding its list of landmarks of monumental importance

The Independent UK

World War I memorials in France and Belgium are vying again to become UNESCO World Heritage sites

Belgium and France want the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think about the meaning and value of peace

The Independent UK

'Dirty red': how periods have been stigmatised through history to the modern day

About a year ago, at a friend’s wedding, a fellow guest asked whether I knew that modern sanitary towels owe their origins to resourceful World War I field nurses who discovered the efficacy of repurposing military bandages as period pads. I did not.

The Conversation

Russia, Ukraine and the echoes of 1919

NATO's critics summon up the 1919 Treaty of Versailles as a warning not to "punish" Russia. That's fake history

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While access to ‘The Bean’ is limited, our city has other public art worth seeing

Chicago’s public sculpture portfolio is bigger than Cloud Gate. And now is as good a time as any to get around town and see some of it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pope discusses health, the ditched peace prayer in Fatima and LGBTQ+ Catholics in airborne briefing

Pope Francis says his recovery from his latest abdominal surgery is going well

The Independent UK

Pope visits Portuguese shrine known for apocalyptic prophesy linked to Russia as war rages on

Pope Francis has arrived in the Portuguese town of Fatima to pray for peace at a shrine that has captivated Catholics for a century

The Independent UK

College Sports Are on the Edge of a Full-On Soulless Spiral

Fans have been tricked into rooting for the piles of money that come with mega-conference realignment and only serve to benefit administrators.

Sports Illustrated

Poetry, paradox and the worst war of all

The two greatest poets of World War I despised the bloody, pointless conflict — yet fought bravely. But why?

Salon

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says

The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I

The Independent UK

One of these 19 amazing night sky images will win 2023 Astronomy Photo of the Year

The Royal Observatory of Greenwich released a shortlist of the top submissions for 2023 Astronomy Photo of the Year. and the pictures are incredible.

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When Zeppelin first tested a zeppelin

On July 2, 1900, the first directed flight of the LZ-1, a zeppelin airship, took place in Germany. The man behind it was Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, who pioneered the cause of building rigid dirigible airships, so much so that his surname is still popularly used as a generic name.

The Independent UK

UK village marks struggle against US Army racism in World War II

The town of Bamber Bridge in northwest England is marking the 80th anniversary of what’s now known as the Battle of Bamber Bridge

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The U.S. Army renames a base in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI hero

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

The Conversation

Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values, instead of Confederates who lost a war

One by one, the names of Confederate generals are being removed from U.S. military bases.

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US buries unknown WWI soldier in France, 100 years after his death

More than a century after he was killed fighting in World War I, an unidentified American soldier will be reburied on Wednesday at a military cemetery in northern France. Thousands of US servicemen who died in the conflict remain missing, but finding them is no easy task.

ABC News

Historical re-enactment troop from Gundagai to train mounted rangers at South African rhino sanctuary

Protecting rhinos from armed poachers isn't a typical assignment for the president of a historic battle re-enactment troop in Gundagai — but his unique skill set is required in South Africa.

The Hindu

Decorated American officer’s last remains to head home from Darjeeling after 58 years

The mortal remains of Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, one of America’s most decorated officers who fought in both World War I and World War II, are being returned home to the United States from West Bengal’s Darjeeling.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Memorial Day, remember our military heroes who were laid to rest overseas

The American Battle Monuments Commission, celebrating its centennial this year, is the caretaker of 26 burial grounds and 32 monuments and memorials on five continents.

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross Council gives sculpture visit to Black Watch Castle and Museum a financial boost

Councillors praised the "unique opportunity" as the Black Watch Museum prepares to be the only Scottish venue to host the towering sculpture

Radio France Internationale

New cemetery for British WWI soldiers to be built in northern France

A new cemetery for the freshly discovered remains of British soldiers who died in World War I is under construction in northern France, with the graves expected to be ready in 2024.

The Independent UK

WWI soldier finally finds resting place in Flanders Fields

A World War I soldier has finally found his resting place after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago

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