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!
War birds and famed carrier pigeons in World War I exhibit
The Smithsonian in Washington adds a unique specimen to its war collection a stuffed pigeon named President Wilson. The bird carried an urgent message from Grand Pre to Rampont during the 1918 offensive, and its tale joins other celebrated war birds including Spike Mocker Old Abe and a famous Civil War game cock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lmo
Scott Watson
National Museum
Simithsonian Institution
Washington
President Wilson
Grand Pre
Rampaut
Rampont
Wilson
Kursed
Army Pigeon Foft
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Smithsonian Institution
Red Bank
Long Branch
France
Spike
Whittlesey
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne
Three Hundred and Eighth Infantry
Three Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Three Hundred and Sixth
Charles W. Whittlesey
Vari
Cote
Division
Whittiesey
Old Abe
Wisconsin
Chief Sky
Flambeau River
Hau Claire
Eighth Wisconsin Regiment
Madison
Perkins
Abe
Tye
Farmington
Battle of
Corinth
Price
Chi Abe
Mower
Thomas Mee-Donough
Lake Champlain
New York
Plattsburgh Bay
Downie
Confiance
MacDonough
Saratoga
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Spears