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We tell their stories

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An item from this veterans service organization that may be of interest to members.

The Doughboy Foundation
Hello Girls

Dear you,

November 11 is a special day. To America, it’s Veterans Day, a time for us to come together to thank our brave men and women for their service and their sacrifice. Outside of the US, it’s Armistice Day, or more often, Remembrance Day.

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, the bloodiest war the world had ever seen ended. History books will share astonishing figures about the scale of destruction and the number of casualties. They will talk about the Generals, the Kings, and the Presidents.

Today, we remember the people.

Our mission at the Doughboy Foundation is “Keep Faith with the American Doughboy.” We work to ensure that the 4.7 million Americans who answered their nation’s call are never forgotten. That their stories are told.

Our Stories of Service library allows loved ones, friends, and historians to share the story of an American who served in World War I. The stories capture the rich tapestry of America; the men and women, immigrant and native, from every race, color, and creed.

Here are some Americans who represented the best of the American Spirit and whose actions shaped lives in ways big and small for generations to come.

Harriet Louise Carfrae

Harriet Louise Carfrae. Red Cross Nurse. A Suffragette, temperance activist, and nurse. She served in Rouen, France at Base Hospital 21. She would fill the wards with fresh flowers from the surrounding woods and wrote home prolifically to gather items ranging from chocolate to suspenders for the men in her care. She stayed to care for the injured well after the war and received a Victory Medal from the British Government in honor of her service in 1920. She died in 1921 from complications likely resulting from mustard gas exposure.
John Cade

John Brother Cade, Second Lieutenant, US Army. John volunteered for the new WWI Officers School while enrolled in college. In Europe, John, alongside his fellow officers, taught over 2,300 Black service members how to read and write. He was wounded at Bois-de-Voivrotte, earning a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross for Valor. After his honorable discharge in 1919 he returned to school and graduated from the University of Alabama. Following a distinguished career as a college professor, author, and Dean, John passed away in 1970.
Juan P. Quintana Jr.

Juan P. Quintana Jr. Private First Class, US Army. Born in Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Juan was not recognized as an American Citizen, but lied about his age to fight for his country regardless. Following the war, he remained in active duty, serving at West Point where he told General Douglas McArthur to get off the grass. After 20 years of service, he returned to his home and continued to serve his community as a grounds man, ambulance driver, interpreter and driver for medical staff. His legacy of service was carried on by his family. His son Kenneth, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren have served in the Army, Marines, and National Guard.

These are the stories of America, and we are honored to be entrusted with them.

Someone in your family stepped up and served; whether it was in the trenches of France, the training grounds of Iowa, or the stock yards of Chicago.

Please, take a minute to learn those stories of your family and share them with us. You can submit your Story of Service HERE. Thank you, for keeping faith with the American doughboy, for ensuring that the stories behind the history are remembered. Happy Veterans Day.

Best,

Clair Signature

Clair S. Sassin
Chief Executive Officer
Doughboy Foundation

ENSURE THEIR STORIES ARE TOLD. GIVE TODAY!

The Doughboy Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit funded by philanthropic contributions. Our mission is to keep the story of WWI in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the Armed Forces, and how WWI changed America, will never be forgotten.

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Bells of Peace 2023 – Coming up in 36 days

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Note that we will be incorporating this into our annual Remembrance Day ceremony.
Doughboy Foundation and Bells of Peace combined logos

Soldier with flag kneeling before a US WWI grave

Toll the Bells of Peace in 2023

Dear Michael,

Whether you are a former participant or just a friend, we invite you to join us for this growing Veterans Day kickoff tradition: the annual Bells of Peace Ceremony.

Initiated in 2018 to commemorate the WWI Armistice’s 100th anniversary, this ceremony at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month honors all Americans who have served their nation and the cherished peace we enjoy because of their dedication and sacrifice.
Local Bells of Peace Ceremonies

LOCAL
Bells of Peace Ceremonies

Over the past 5 years, tens of thousands have kicked off Veterans Day with local Bells of Peace ceremonies.

Hold your own Bells of Peace ceremony to start Veterans Day.

Whether you are a Veteran’s Family, or Veterans’ Organization, a Church, a DAR chapter, a School, a City, County, Community, Museum, Historical Society, Chamber, Cemetery, Civic Organization or other, please register that you will be tolling the Bells of Peace and include your organization name, an image, or logo so that we can include it in the Participation Spotlight wall where we will feature participants, logo, and social media posts tagged with #BellsOfPeace.

                                   REGISTER                                   
2023 participants

Registered groups, families and organizations holding their own event can upload a picture or logo which will be presented on the Digital Participation Spotlight Wall.

We will feature participants’ logos, as well as Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube social media posts tagged with #BellsOfPeace.

PARTICIPATION SPOTLIGHT
WebApp image of countdown timer

To support you in 2023, we have transformed the Bells of Peace mobile app into a WebApp available directly on your computer, tablet or smartphone through our website.

Hold up a smartphone or plug a computer into your PA system. Both work.

The WebApp offers a range of ceremony support features, including:

  • Countdown timer for synchronized bell tolling at 11am local
  • Bell tolling options, including single peals and 21 bells
  • NEW Upcount timer to facilitate holding a “Moment of Silence”
  • NEW Ability to sound Taps for concluding your ceremony.

BELLS OF PEACE WEB APP

Join the National Ceremony at the WWI Memorial in DC: This Year We Honor “The Hello Girls”

The Hello Girls, The US Army's first women soldiers

In 2023, the national Bells of Peace ceremony is recognizing the valuable contributions of
“The Hello Girls.”

These 217 bilingual women served as U.S. Army Signal Corps switchboard operators in WWI. Although their services were invaluable, it took until 1977 for them to receive the veteran status and benefits they were promised.

For Bells of Peace 2023, we Toll the Bells for them as we feature speakers, remembrances and special commemorations for these special veterans.

The “Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act” is now before Congress.

Join us in Person at the WWI Memorial

We welcome all DC-region locals to join us at the National WWI Memorial in person on November 11, 2023, starting at 10:30am Eastern. The Memorial is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between 14th and 15th Street NW, opposite the White House Visitor Center.

Navy Yoeman tolls the bells for Bells of Peace

Join Us Online

If you are not in the DC region, please join us online as we live stream the ceremony on the Doughboy Foundation’s YouTube channel starting at 10:45am Eastern on 11/11.

We will be sending details to everyone who has registered their participation and/or interest.

Register Your Participation
The Doughboy Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit funded by philanthropic contributions. Our mission is to keep the story of WWI in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the Armed Forces, and how WWI changed America, will never be forgotten.
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Announcing Bells of Peace 2023

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An item that may be of interest to our members.
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Bells of Peace 2023 header

Toll the Bells of Peace in 2023

Dear Michael,

Whether you are a former participant or a just a friend, we invite you to join us for this growing Veterans Day kickoff tradition: the annual Bells of Peace Ceremony.

Initiated in 2018 to commemorate the WWI Armistice’s 100th anniversary, this ceremony at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month honors all Americans who have served their nation and the cherished peace we enjoy because of their dedication and sacrifice.

Join the National Ceremony at the WWI Memorial in DC: This Year We Honor “The Hello Girls”

The Hello Girls, The US Army's first women soldiers

In 2023, the national Bells of Peace ceremony is recognizing the valuable contributions of
“The Hello Girls.”

These 217 bilingual women served as U.S. Army Signal Corps switchboard operators in WWI. Although their services were invaluable, it took until 1977 for them to receive the veteran status and benefits they were promised.

For Bells of Peace 2023, we Toll the Bells for them as we feature speakers, remembrances and special commemorations for these special veterans.

The “Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act” is now before congress.

Learn How You Can Help!

Join us in Person at the WWI Memorial

We welcome all DC region locals to joins us at the National WWI Memorial in person on November 11, 2023, starting at 10:30am Eastern. The Memorial is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between 14th and 15th Street NW, opposite the White House Visitor Center.

Navy Yoeman tolls the bells for Bells of Peace

Join Us Online

If you are not in the DC region, please join us online as we live stream the ceremony on the Doughboy Foundation’s YouTube channel starting at 10:45am Eastern on 11/11.

We will be sending details to everyone who has registered their participation and/or interest.

Register Your Participation
Local Bells of Peace Ceremonies

Thousands of LOCAL
Bells of Peace Ceremonies

Over the past 5-years, tens-of-thousands have kicked off Veterans Day with local Bells of Peace ceremonies. To support you in 2023 we have transformed the Bells of Peace mobile app into a WebApp available directly on your computer, tablet or smartphone through our website.

The WebApp offers a range of ceremony support features, including:

  • Countdown timer for synchronized bell tolling at 11am local
  • Bell tolling options, including single peals and 21 bells
  • NEW Upcount timer to facilitate holding a “Moment of Silence”
  • NEW Ability to sound Taps for concluding your ceremony

Explore the “Bells” WebApp

Registration and Feedback

Your participation and feedback has been essential over the years to help Bells of Peace grow and evolve. Please register your personal or organization’s participation so we can share event information and updates. If you are an organization, you can include your organization’s name and logo we can share.

Send Us Your Logo

Social Media Sharing

To help spread the word, we encourage you to share your activities and observances through your social media channels using the hashtags #BellsOfPeace and #TollTheBells. If we see them, we will republish your posts on our Doughboy Foundation social channels. Your posts contribute to the collective remembrance and honor of our veterans.

#BellsOfPeace
#TollTheBells

Thank you for your interest and past participation in the Bells of Peace program. We look forward to commemorating this important day with you in 2023.

The Bells of Peace Team

Honor Military Heroes on National Airborne Day, Receive a Poppy Pin

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An item from the Doughboy Foundation that may be of interest to members.

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honoring military heroes with poppy pins

Veteran George Chall and The Honorable Ted Poe

Honor Military Heroes on National Airborne Day

Donate $25+ and Get a Commemorative WW1 Poppy Lapel Pin

WWI Poppy Lapel Pin

On National Airborne Day, we honor those who have served our nation in the airborne forces. The concept for use of airborne troops traces origins to World War I, and in recognition of this important day, The Doughboy Foundation is launching a special opportunity to honor military heroes, especially our airborne troops.

By contributing $25 or more to The Doughboy Foundation, you will not only support activities like the sounding of Taps every evening at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC, but you will also receive a heartfelt token of our appreciation—a free poppy pin.
DONATE TODAY AND RECEIVE A POPPY PIN

Become a Champion of The Doughboy Foundation

The poppy holds deep significance as a symbol of remembrance and solidarity. By wearing this pin, you become a champion of The Doughboy Foundation’s mission and inspire others to remember the service and sacrifice of our veterans and active military personnel.

To make your contribution today, please visit our secure online donation page at https://doughboy.org/donate/donate-poppy-pin. Your gift of $25 or more ensures that the War that Changed the World is never forgotten.

*Free poppy pin offer ends August 21, 2023. Pin will be mailed to the address on your donation form.

The Doughboy Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit funded by philanthropic contributions. Our mission is to keep the story of WWI in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the Armed Forces, and how WWI changed America, will never be forgotten.

Stay Connected with The Doughboy Foundation through our Social Media Channels

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Year-end letter from Dan Dayton

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A newsletter from the organization formerly known as the World War One Centennial Commission.

Open Letter from Dan Dayton

Dear Michael

Using our new online request tool, I just made arrangements to honor Elmore DeWitt with the playing of taps at the National WWI Memorial.  Elmore served in the 3rd Battery Field Artillery in France from June of 1918 to May 1919…most of the war.  Many years later he was my neighbor and mentor and friend to my kids.  A very good man indeed. I was able to select his birthday to honor his service.

You can see the Taps performances every evening at 5 PM eastern on our YouTube channel, and I’ll be able to share the clip with his family, along with a nice certificate.

Which sets up the theme of this year-end THANK YOU letter!

“What YOU helped us do in 2022!”

Now everyone can request to honor specific veterans with a dedicated sounding of Taps at the National WWI Memorial

Bugler playing taps in honor of: on 12/20/2022

Reserve Your Dedication

The 369th Experience performing

The 369th Experience band came to Washington DC for Juneteenth week

The 369th Experience is a tribute band to the original 369th Harlem Hellfighter Regimental Band that brought Jazz to Europe. It is composed of over 60 students primarily from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and about the same age as those who served in WWI. They were able to come to DC and march with the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band. They performed at the Kennedy Center and at the WWI Memorial to commemorate Juneteenth. It was impressive and impactful. To quote one of the students: “This experience changed my life!”

Watch the 369th Hoboken homecoming from 1919

Verizon and doughboy foundation partnership

Verizon and the Doughboy Foundation partnered to bring our award winning WWI Teaching and Learning resources to middle and high school teachers

Verizon has partnered with the Doughboy Foundation’s EdTech efforts through their Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. That program is targeting 10 million youths by 2030. It is a key partnership in helping us reach out across the country to the 275,000 middle and high school history teachers, as we offer them our unique and award winning WWI Teaching and Learning Resources.

Read the article

Pershing own play summer sunset concerts at the WWI Memorial

“Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band  played a “Summer 2022 Rush Hour Concert Series” at the WWI Memorial

Every Thursday this past summer different elements of the United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own”, performed at the Memorial.  It became a popular end-of-day event in the city. We started to live-stream the concerts too. And, if you missed it, they will be back in the summer of 2023.

Sample the Concerts

Bells of peace video

Bells of Peace 2022 was celebrated in cities, posts, churches and schools across the country

On 11 November at 11AM local, Bells of Peace rang around the country to mark the date and time of the Armistice in 1918. Many of these ceremonies were kick-off events for Veterans Day commemorations. Here in Washington at the WWI Memorial, we sounded a ship’s bell and heard very powerful remarks from General Barry McCaffrey on why leaders MUST avoid war.

Watch the Bells of Peace story

Dispatch masthead

Our popular monthly Dispatch Newsletter continued to grow and expand

Starting with a humble subscriber list of just over 3.500 names in early 2017, the popular monthly Dispatch newsletter, a curation of WWI related articles and information, now goes to over 250,000 recipients every month with a distribution that has expanded approximately  20% in 2022.

Check the latest issue

Rebuilt website

We redesigned the entire website to serve our community better

We invite you to discover and explore last year’s and upcoming programs on our completely redesigned website made to serve you better, faster, across all platforms and browsers.

Explore the new website

Legacy society planned giving

You can now “Remember the Doughboys” in your planned giving

In 2022 we launched a Legacy Society planned giving program and have already received gifts which will be realized at the passing of the donor.

Consider a legacy gift

and a whole lot more…

Please consider a tax deductible year-end donation to help us continue the work.

All that was accomplished in 2022 was made possible through the support from our community of interested people like YOU.

We need your help to continue our mission to “Keep Faith With The American Doughboy” through our programs, projects and activities that educate the public about the importance and impact of America’s participation in World War I.

Help us protect our future by remembering our past.

YES! I will make a year-end tax deductible donation 

Happy New Year and with gratitude for your ongoing support of our work.

Dans Signature

Dan Dayton
Chairman/CEO
The Doughboy Foundation