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WWI: Who Threw the Hand Grenade?

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on December 3, 2018 Posted in Family, History, World Affairs 1 Comment

Grenades, especially hand grenades, are devices of war that most of us are familiar with, although mostly associated with World War II, in film and television, rather than World War I, also known as the Great War, World War, or …

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WWI: A Perspective on the Concept of “Enemy”

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on April 16, 2018 Posted in Family, History, Northwest PA, Uncategorized, World Affairs No Comments

The past few years have marked a century since the war that promised to end all wars. We know that the world didn’t learn its lesson, and so the Great War became World War I. This is the story of …

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WWI: Who Threw the Hand Grenade?

WWI: A Perspective on the Concept of “Enemy”