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American soldier halting German soldier, who is standing over woman holding child.

While there have obviously been veterans as long as America has fought wars, World War I can be seen as a watershed moment in public attitudes toward veterans. On…

Painting of a Russian soldier falling on Red Star with bomb exploding in the background. Issued by Russian War Relief, Inc.

Text continues: "Saturday, Dec. 21, 1918, for our New England boys. Poster contains a quotation from General Clarence Ransom Edwards: "The two necessities of war--ammunition, then tobacco." Poster shows the head of a smiling soldier saluting with a…

Text continues: Dura Warren will be at the hotel, in royalton on Wednesday, Nov. 27th, 1861, and wishes to buy several good, and kind, horses for cavalry use.

Sketch of a mechanic talking to a marine who is holding a sheet of paper with "Manila, Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake, Midway" written on it.

Reprint of an op-ed by Frank C. Partridge, which appeared in several newspapers across Vermont, including the Burlington Free Press and the Rutland Daily Herald, on November 2, 1912. The piece addresses the importance of the upcoming presidential…

Poster shows German Emperor Wilhelm II being hunted by a US locomotive. Poster includes quote from Director General of Railroads, William Gibbs McAdoo, to the railroad shopmen at Altoona, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1918: "Every bad locomotive is…

Text continues: "Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush: save the wheat for our soldiers: leave nothing on your plate."

Poster depicting a young boy saluting and looking up at bowl of cereal, with the text appearing below the image.

Text continues: "Work where you're needed. Consult your U.S. Employment Service Office." Poster shows a dead soldier facedown on the ground.

Poster shows the head of a Marine above the Japanese Islands with an inset showing bomb falling on the Japanese flag.

Gordon Grant was a war correspondent and artist for Harper's Weekly and at the age of 24 was sent to South Africa to cover the Boer War. After the war, he joined the staff of Puck's Illustrated in New York City, and then joined the Army National…

Poster showing a soldier clutching an American flag.

World War I was fought primarily from entrenched positions. Soldiers from opposing armies dug deep, complicated fortifications on either side of a barren "no man's land," battling back and forth…