Americans like to observe centennials, so this should have called for a major observance. Did you notice any? If you lived in Kansas City, Missouri, you could look out the window and see “several thousand people” gathering at the Liberty Memorial. USA TODAY helped Sightings find the occasion, its coverage by Rich Hampson ending with a quote from historian Richard Rubin: “There was a time when the war was terribly important. What did people once know that we've forgotten?” Hampson and a few others discussed whether what they knew might inform the United States in its time of new high-risk ventures in relation to Russia, China, ISIS, and Syria.
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