This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
President Wilson and other famous war birds in history
The Smithsonian displays the World War I carrier pigeon President Wilson, famed for crucial messages from Grand Pre to Rampont and the Lost Battalion. Fort Monmouth still houses war birds like Spike and Mocker, while Old Abe the Civil War eagle and a war cock from Lake Champlain lore add to the era’s animal heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Wilson
Grand Pre
Rampont
Army Pigeon
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Red Bank
Long Branch
France
Spike
Mocker
Whittlesey
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne
Three Hundred and Eighth Infantry
Three Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Three Hundred and Sixth
Charles W. Whittlesey
Division
Whittiesey
Abe
Wisconsin
Chief Sky
Flambeau River
Eau Claire
Eighth Wisconsin Regiment
Madison
Perkins
Old Abe
Battle of
Corinth
Price
Mower
Thomas MacDonough
Lake Champlain
New York
Plattsburch Bay
Downie
Confiance
Saretogan
MacDonough
Saratoga