National WW 1 Museum Opens in KC

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Remnants of War
Nine decades after its conception, the National World War I Museum opens in Kansas City.

By WAYNE ANDERSON Special to the Tribune
Published Sunday, January 21, 2007

. . . So many new ways of killing were introduced in World War I that it took the generals several years to adapt their techniques to the new reality. In the battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, battle lines of soldiers carrying 60-pound packs marched directly into machine-gun fire. Of the 60,000 British casualties in the battle, 21,000 died - most of them in the first hour of the attack. . . .

. . Since 1919, limestone caves in the Kansas City area have housed 50,000 artifacts from World War I. The artifacts included artillery, rifles, pistols, machine guns, uniforms, posters, letters, airplanes and a Ford Model T truck. Plans were made for this museum almost immediately after the war ended in 1918, and the artifacts poured in from around the world. But money for the museum did not.. . .

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