Non-Boring History

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West to World War I

From A Trip Dedicated to Following the Covered Wagons to California, We Detour to WWI Trenches . . . in Kansas City

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Annette Laing
Apr 04, 2023
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First World War soldiers silhouettes
“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge”— From Dulce et Decorum Est (It is Sweet and Fitting) by British World War One poet Wilfred Owen.…

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