Monday, January 30, 2012

WWI Archive Research

For my research of the WWI Archive, I read the original copy of Dulce et Decorum Est, written by Wilfred Owen. The poem is a description of the author, a soldier in WWI, being attacked by mustard gas. I like this poem particularly because of the author's vivid description of the attack. This is also interesting because since it is the original copy, the reader can see the author's thoughts as he wrote the poem. I found this here.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Great White Fleet Research

So far in my research of the Great White Fleet I have read and learned many new things. I learned that the Great White Fleet was headed by President Teddy Roosevelt. He sent the fleet in December of 1907 because he wanted to remind the Japanese of the power the United States possessed. The trip around the world took 14 months and 14.000 sailors. I learned all of this here.