THE INDIVIDUALS & THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR
REMEMBER ME! THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT WAR 11/11/2018 THROUGH 02/23/2019 FEATURED EXHIBITS
VETERANS RECOGNITION
Wall displaying list of North Texas enlisted 5,000+ KIA into occupation and Veterans.
As well as, individuals born, residents, or those buried here 7,000+.
SOCIAL ISSUES
During the turmoil of the Great War our region’s culture changed in a variety of ways.
Such as, labor issues, new oil/coal/energy work available, Wichita Falls hiring, farming and ranching increasing, cattlemen’s association creation, railroads built by African Americans (before military), and more.
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Such as:
Mayor William Davis – Local politics
Ben E. Keith – Community leader and food merchant
Russell Pearson – Airline founder – TC Archives-artifacts
Joseph Pelisch – Aviator & Architect
Holman Taylor – Red Cross, Camp Bowie survey
Anthelm Bidault – French farmer near Grapevine who hosted French military visitors
William McDonald – African American, banker, politician, Mason, millionaire
WOMEN’S ISSUES
Events and activities which molded women during the Great War in North Texas:
Suffrage
Women’s Clubs
Federation of Women’s Club
93 Club – Literary club
Wednesday Women’s Club
Fundraising for war bonds
Hospitality at camps
American Library Association
Encouraging volunteerism with organizations
ETHNIC ISSUES
Minorities participation in the Great War.
As well as, other ethnic impacts. Such as, reverse migration.
MEDICAL ISSUES
Influenza swept through North Texas much like the globe:
Genealogy Society shows flu victims
Mental Health and aftermath
Red Cross assistance
LOCAL CULTURE
Examles of culture changes during WWI:
Jazz
Movies
Vernon Castle – Dancer, aviator
Art – Vitrines and glass cases
Paintings
Trench art
Posters
DE-MOBILIZATION
Transition of camp and airfields in North Texas to slowly shut down and convert into non military areas:
36th & 90th
Airfields and Squadrons
Barron Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #2)
77th, 106th, 207th, 273rd
Hicks Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #1)
78th, 79th, 82nd, 206th, 275th
Benbrook Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #3) Carruthers Field
208th, 209th, 229th, 274th, 379th
10 RFC Squadrons went to Europe
WWI NORTH TEXAS TIMELINE
JULY 5, 1916
U.S. Army ordered 13,950 horses, and mules through the Fort Worth Stockyards. Foreign powers were purchasing through the Stockyards for at least a year prior.
JUNE 18, 1917
Cadet W.K. Carruthers is killed in an airplane accident at Mineola, Texas. It was recommended to rename the field named in his honor.
NOVEMBER 11, 1918
A parade held on Armistice Day in downtown Fort Worth. World War I has ended.
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