A Time to Remember: How 1917 Changed the World

holly-fisher-1BY HOLLY FISHER
Staff  Writer, UAS Whalesong

We are currently in the Centennial Years of World War I. It has been one hundred years since the conflict that came to be known simply as The Great War. Continue reading “A Time to Remember: How 1917 Changed the World”

A Time to Remember: The Iron Harvest

holly-fisher-1BY HOLLY FISHER
Staff  Writer, UAS Whalesong

In the last few articles I have spoken often of the influence of World War I on our modern world. Its legacy continues to come up with startling regularity no matter how much time passes. Nowhere is this as painfully obvious as in France and Belgium where the Western Front mutilated the landscape. The “Iron Harvest” and the numerous “Zone Rouge” (red zone) areas stand as testament to the long lasting devastation caused by the ingenuity of war. Continue reading “A Time to Remember: The Iron Harvest”