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Stubbert's Point Battery
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Stubbert's Point Battery

Alongside a scenic road are the remains of crumbling World War II gun emplacement.
Featherstone War Horse
Streethouse, England

Featherstone War Horse

This memorial is dedicated to the hundreds of soldiers from Featherstone who died fighting World War I.
Carmunnock War Memorial
Clarkston, Scotland

Carmunnock War Memorial

This 1920's sandstone war memorial was constructed with an unusual drinking trough for horses.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
Cannock, England

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
In terms of race and sex, the Golden Fourteen were anomalies in the Navy.
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The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy

The Golden Fourteen were largely forgotten—but a few veterans and descendants could change that.
Giulia Heyward December 15, 2020
Halls inside Castel Dante War Memorial
Rovereto, Italy

Sacrario Militare di Castel Dante (Castel Dante War Memorial)

This war memorial holds the remains of around 20,000 World War I soldiers from both sides of the conflict.
Le mémorial de Mort-Homme.
Chattancourt, France

Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill)

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.
Life in the trenches was crowded, when you factor in all the humans, rats, and lice.
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Found: Cases of ‘Trench Fever’ in Ancient Rome

The five-day fever was made famous during World War I, but has been a constant companion of poor hygiene.
Isaac Schultz December 2, 2020
Valour Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Valour Road

Three young men who lived on this street are honored for their service during World War I.
Lyndhurst War Memorial
Lyndhurst, England

Lyndhurst War Memorial

The famous Alice Liddell designed this memorial after losing her sons in World War I.
Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse)
Trieste, Italy

Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse)

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.
Monumento ai Lupi di Toscana
San Giovanni di Duino, Italy

Monumento ai Lupi di Toscana

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Poppy Mural

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.
Shell in the house.
Whitby, England

Bombardment Garden

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Members of a women's volunteer service in Flushing march into their Victory Garden.
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When World War II Started, the U.S. Government Fought Against Victory Gardens

Home gardeners planted despite an initial federal policy of leaving farming to the professionals.
April White August 5, 2020
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Knockagh Monument

High on a hill, an obelisk stands as tribute to local soldiers from several wars.
The base in 2008
Malborghetto Valbruna, Italy

Fort Hensel

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.
Whitehead, Northern Ireland

Whitehead Aerodrome

The first military air station in all of Ireland hosted "battlebags."