Word War I Helmet
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United States soldiers in World War I wore helmets like this one. Mary Arvin served as a frontlines nurse during that conflict. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Nurse Mary W. Arvin
Historic Marker #2241 in Henderson County notes the location of the home of famed nurse Mary W. Arvin.
On April 21, 1879, Mary was born in Henderson, Kentucky, to William Meade and Beattie Towles Arvin. In 1904, she graduated from the School of…