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Old, interesting and bizarre news from around the world |
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September 10, 2011 World War 1 American buy government bonds posterThis photo of a World War 1 American poster urging Americans to buy government bonds to help pay for the war is an interesting poster because a traditional mother figure is urging them to buy the bonds for ‘America’s sons.’ World War 1 American Red Cross poster
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World War 1 mother sewing American flag posterThis photo. of a World War 1 American patriotic poster shows a mother sewing an American flag or Stars And Stripes flag. It’s especially interesting because as in some other American patriotic posters, the mother figure is used as a … World War 1 American 4th. July patriotic posterThis World War 1 American patriotic poster shows the American national heroic figure ‘Uncle Sam’ attacking the enemy lines. World War 1 era patriotic ‘wake up America’ American posterThis World War 1 American patriotic poster shows a pretty girl urging her fellow citizens to wake up and enter the war.>/h2> September 9, 2011 World War 1 dead French soldierThis photo of a dead French soldier being killed in action during World War 1 may be genuine but I seem to recall there is some doubt about its authenticity, whether it is a fake September 4, 2011 World War 1 dead soldier on barbed wireA photo of a dead World War 1 soldier whose body is hanging on some barbed wire and who was almost certainly killed while trying to climb over the barbed wire to attack the enemy. World War 1 make peace not war plea by German soldiersIn this British World War 1 newspaper article, a British soldier describes how German soldiers wanted to stop the war English civil war military ghostsThe ghosts or spirits of soldiers who fought in battle during the English civil war and were killed during the battle could be seen still fighting and dying long after the battle ended, according to witnesses. September 3, 2011 Dead World War 1 soldier killed by artillery fireA photo of a dead World War 1 soldier hanging in a tree. He was almost certainly killed by artillery fire, the explosion of the shell blasting him into the tree |