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John J. Pershing led a victory parade down New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Crowds cheered as 25,000 U.S. soldiers who had served in the American Expeditionary Force’s 1st Division on the Western ...
The legend of how Gen. John J. Pershing dealt with Muslim insurgents during World War I is a favorite of President Donald Trump’s. The problem is, historians doubt it actually happened.
The new memorial is an efficient if not entirely successful repurposing of Pershing Park, where a statue of the general who led American troops during World War I was dedicated in 1983.
DC is getting its first glimpse of plans for a brand new Pershing Park. The World War I Centennial Commission, which has Congressional approval to build a memorial on the site, named a winner in its ...
A “First Illumination Ceremony” will commemorate the special evening, which is also the 164th birthday of the park’s namesake, WWI General John J. Pershing. The project is over a decade in the making.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS) - The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center will host a special program next week to recognize the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and those who fought in it.
On this day in 1919, nearly a year after World War I ended, Gen. John J. Pershing led a victory parade down New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Vast crowds cheered as 25,000 U.S. soldiers who had ...