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Both events form part of the United Kingdom’s Remembrance Day commemorations as the nation pays tribute to those whose lives were affected by World War I and remembers those who died.
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Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic replaced the imperial government of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Lamar Smith Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The latter inspired André Dubonnet, a combat aviator in World War I, a winning race-car driver, and an inventor whose wife was named Xenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic replaced the imperial government of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Lamar Smith Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The latter inspired André Dubonnet, a combat aviator in World War I, a winning race-car driver, and an inventor whose wife was named Xenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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“World War I.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20War%20I. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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