An edited volume of a selection of papers presented at the WW1CC symposium has been published! Home Front in the American Heartland: Local Experiences and Legacies of WWI is now out. The volume contains one dozen articles in three sections (ToC below) and explores the
Coverage from TV6 Marquette Veterans honor ceremony held at Michigan Tech’s WWI trench replica Posted: Sun 7:06 PM, Nov 11, 2018 | Modified: Tue 11:28 AM, Nov 13, 2018 As bells promptly rang at 11 am throughout the city of Houghton, organizers began the
Here are the display panels that surrounded the trench during the time it was up, from Sept.-Nov. 2018. Each picture below is linked to a full-screen (1600px wide) version, or you can download the whole set as a PDF here [35MB].
Readers may be interested to know that the fully private (no public funds may be used) WWI Centennial Commission is developing plans for a national WWI monument which we have never had. For more information, see their recent post on “A ‘First Look’ at the
In August 1918, Prof. Albert J. Houle wrote a report to the Committee on Education and Special Training in Washington detailing the truing that Michigan College of Mines (as it was called then) was providing to men in “mine running” (tunneling) and mine rescue. In
Prof. Steven Walton was interviewed about his discoveries in the National Archives. Read more: Digging Into Michigan Tech’s History Of WWI Involvement (Keweenaw Report) Marches, Mining and Messages from WWI (Michigan Tech Unscripted Research Blog)
Live view from the rear, looking over the trench towards Fisher Hall Back to Trench Cams page–>
Live view from the intersection of US-41 and MacInnes Drive Back to Trench Cams page–>
See what is happening the in the trench now! Click either still image for the live stream. View from the intersection of US-41 and MacInnes Drive View from the rear, looking over the trench towards Fisher Hall
The Michigan Tech Wall of Honor of the MUB has been transcribed in full here. Conflict First Name Last Name Suffix Class WWI Kenneth Ogilvie McEwen 1902 WWI Ira Gladstone Penberthy 1907 WWI Donald Francis Duncan 1909 WWI William David Stevens 1915 WWI Bernhardt Edward