Harvesting Grain by Hand

Pathways

• The Coming of World War I
• World War I—Support and Opposition in Iowa
• Private Merle D. Hay Gives His Life
• Black Officers at Fort Des Moines in World War I
• German Immigrants During World War I
• Iowa Peacemakers: The Mennonites and Quakers Example
• It’s the Law—Speak English Only!
• The Great Depression Begins (1920s)
• Germans
• The Junior Red Cross
• Iowa's Prohibition Years, 1920-1933
• The Economics of Agriculture
• The Great Flu
• War & Conflict

Media Artifacts

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  World War I Officers Reserve Training Camp at Fort Des Moines
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  Iowa Soldiers, World War I
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  World War I Victory Arch at State Capitol, 1919
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  World War I Victory Parade at the State Capitol
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  World War I: Black Officers’ Training

Web Sites

• Diaries and letters from World War I
• First-person accounts of the experiences of the 168th Infantry during World War I, including short biographies of those lost in battle
• Article describing Iowans' military role World War I
• On May 25, 1930, thousands of Iowans thronged to West Lawn Cemetery in Glidden to celebrate the sacrifice of 21 year-old Merle David Hay, killed in action during World War I.
• Iowa in the Great War, an IAGenWeb Special Project.
• Chapter from 1931 Iowa History Textbook describes how Iowa solders experienced the Christmas holiday during World War I
• Historic sheet music for "The Allies March to Freedom" from 1915
• Database of first-person testimonials from military veterans