In the midst of the brutal trenches of World War I, the Christmas Truce of 1914 emerges as an extraordinary moment of humanity, where soldiers from opposing sides lay down their arms to celebrate a brief but poignant respite from the horrors of war, reminding the world that even in its darkest ho...

Amidst the horrors of World War I, the Battle of the Somme unfolds as a devastating clash between Allied and German forces on the fields of France, leaving an indelible mark on history. You will learn about the whole build up toward the 1st of July which doesn't get mentioned that often in WW1 So...

Amidst the relentless horrors of World War I, a small Belgian town becomes the epicenter of an unimaginable struggle as soldiers from across the globe clash in the Battle of Ypres, where bravery and resilience are the only hope in a landscape scarred by poison gas and trench warfare. During the f...

In the trenches of World War I, a surreal and tragic world unfolds as soldiers grapple with the bizarre and absurd realities of war, where laughter and horror collide in a dark theater of the absurd. Sander takes us to the Sunken Road where photographer, Geoffrey Malins filmed the horrors of the war

This program explores the groundbreaking way that St. Louis fought the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918, saving thousands of lives. St. Louis is a textbook case of how shutting down public activity for brief periods and wearing masks reduced the number of dead here compared to many East Coast c...

This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history. 57,000 British soldiers became casualties, most within a few hours of the initial attack. The offensive was part of a doomed attempt to break the deadlock of trench warfa...

The snowball cookies are made at Edison Homestead in Greenfield Village. The recipe is taken from the 1915 Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, The Five Roses Cook Book.

Though called snowballs, the recipe called for these cookies to be cut into squares. Rest assured, they are just as de...

Step inside the historic Edison Homestead and see a step-by-step historic cooking demo for a 1915 deviled German potato recipe. Patience demonstrates what it was like cooking on an early 20th century coal-burning stove and using seasonal autumn ingredients, such as the potato.

The main ingredien...