Gen. John Pershing would officially designate Gunther as the last American soldier killed in World War I. He was one of approximately 2,750 men who died that morning — casualties of the six-hour ...

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918, the Great War, known since as World War I, came to an end. On Nov. 7, UC Irvine will host “A Silent Night: A World War I Memorial ...

We marked the centennial of the end of World War I with a musical tribute to the war that changed the world. Starring baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan, this performance explores timeless ...

The Christmas Truce of 1914 is a great story of holiday peace and goodwill during World War I. British and German soldiers had been fighting along the Western Front near Ypres, Belgium in December ...

The Christmas Truce has become the stuff of legend. On a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914 during World War I, the guns briefly fell silent. In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe ...

From an acclaimed historian and National Book Award finalist comes the poignant story of World War I's 1914 Christmas truce, the spontaneous and tantalizingly brief moment when mortal enemies came ...

On Christmas Eve, people attending services throughout Brooklyn Heights and around the world sang “Silent Night” in candlelit churches. This Christmas carol, beloved around the world, marked its 200th ...