Andrew Capets attending In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of the U.S. Entry into World War I, hosted by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission on April 6, 2017, at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO.
58th Annual Golden Quill Awards, May 24, 2022
Recipient of The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Excellence in Written Journalism Award in History/Culture Division 7 and the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for the article “Bring Home the Soldier Dead League: A World War I Saga” published in the Fall 2021 issue of the Western Pennsylvania History Magazine.
Andrew Capets (left) pictured with Reynold Peduzzi (right) in front of the Trafford World War I Memorial located in Trafford, Pennsylvania. This memorial was designated as an official “WWI Centennial Memorial” by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission.
Book Reviews
- Online Book Club Review 12.28.2017
- Lost Erie County voices speak again in WWI book 11.15.2017
- The Tattooed Historian Video Book Review 11.29.2018
Podcasts
- WW1 Centennial News Episode 41: 100C/100M 27:00 mark
- WW1 Centennial News Episode 82: Spotlight on the Media 34:35 mark
- Center for Oral and Public History Episode 12: Remembering World War I 30:26 mark
- PA Books on PCN
- Battles of the First World War Podcast - Host Mike Cunha
In the News
- WW1 Memorial National Recognition
- WW1 Dispatch Newsletter June 12, 2018
- World War I book follows exploits of Western Pa. soldiers in 313th Machine Gun Battalion
- World War I lecture series expands on 'Brothers in Arms' exhibition
- Meg Loncharic: Speaker series underway at the history center
- Irwin-North Huntingdon VFW Post World War I Centennial
- Lamp Theatre Film Festival puts a spotlight on World War I
- North Huntingdon author recalls the area's post-WWI efforts to bring home remains
- Trafford officials to mark war memorial’s centennial on Veterans Day
- Trafford marks the park’s 100th anniversary on Veterans Day
- North Huntingdon historian seeks volunteers to help digitize WWI burial records
- WWI Centennial Dispatch June 2020
- North Huntingdon man details Pitt football coach, Carnegie native who died in World War I
- Western Pennsylvania History Magazine - Fall 2021 feature article by Andrew Capets
Other Links
- Amazon Author Page
- 313th Machine Gun Battalion on Facebook
- Great War Pittsburgh
- My other hobby: TraffordHistory.org
- My profession: andrewcapets.net
- My other book: Trafford: Images of America
