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Revealing Data: Flu Masks on Ships, 1918

November 11, 2020 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, from Virginia Tech to explore the use of masks on World War

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Seeking Leek Island: A Place of Healing

November 7, 2019 Circulating Now

By Aliya Rahman ~ Across the globe, World War I—known by contemporaries as the “The War to End All Wars” —took millions of lives and

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One Medical Officer’s Armistice Day

November 9, 2018 Circulating Now

By Susan L. Speaker ~ The newspaper headlines on November 11, 1918 were exultant: after more than four long years, the Great War was over!

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The Hero in the Library: Colonel Paul Frederick Straub

November 9, 2017 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Lewis L. Barger III, who shares the story of Medal of Honor Recipient and Surgeon General’s Librarian Colonel Paul Frederick

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The Sacred Work: Galsworthy’s Advocacy for WWI Veterans

November 10, 2014 Circulating Now

By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This Veterans Day is the first to occur during the four-year centenary anniversary of World War I. As media outlets

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The Eleventh Hour

November 11, 2013 Circulating Now

By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ When the United States entered the “Great War” in April of 1917, doctors and nurses were among the first volunteers

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