Park Avenue Armory

Today on Veterans Day, we salute all our veterans of the Armed Forces, past and present, and remember the men of the 107th Infantry in World War I. On this day in France in 1918, the 107th celebr...

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Tracking the Regiment: After the devastating Battle of Saint-Quentin, the 107th Infantry was given no rest. They continued to march from one skirmish to another going “over the top five times ...

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Tracking the Regiment: On September 29 and 30, 1918, Allied forces including the men of Seventh Regiment executed their attack at The Hindenburg Line. With tanks exploding around them, the men of...

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Tracking the Regiment: In late September 1918 the men of the Seventh Regiment joined Allied forces at The Hindenburg Line—a well-planned German defensive position—in an effort to attack the s...

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A CONVERSATION WITH ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER ABOUT THE SIX BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS > “Bach’s musical oeuvre has always been a guiding light for me, > from the very beginning�...

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Early in September 1918, while encamped near the town of Watou, Belgium, the 107th had a distinguished and honored visitor, the painter John Singer Sargent. “He wore the uniform of a British of...

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In August 1918, the 107th Infantry concluded its rifles and maneuvers training near Saint-Omer, France and began its approach toward the front line in Belgium. One member of Company I captured th...

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Tracking the Regiment: In July 1918, the 107th Infantry was assigned to the Second British Army and deployed in reserve positions behind the front line from Ypres to Scherpenberg. They underwent...

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Happy Independence Day! Tracking the Regiment: After spending the month of June 1918 training for battle under the tutelage of British officers, the 107th Infantry began moving slowly across nort...

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Let it all go and learn “The Let Go” line dance! Choreographed by Francesca Harper specifically for Nick Cave’s “The Let Go” at Park Avenue Armory June 7–July 1, 2018.

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THE LET GO PHOTO CONTEST: SHARE THE MOVEMENT Share your photos and videos of Nick Cave’s The Let Go for a chance to be featured on the Armory’s social channels and to win two free tickets ...

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Today we honor all the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice during their service in the United States Armed Forces. In this centennial year of the Seventh Regiment’s participation...

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Who led the men of the 107th to World War I? It was Colonel Willard C. Fisk. He was a native New Yorker who studied law at Columbia University. As a successful lawyer he also became involved in p...

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One hundred years ago today—and eight months after marching out of Park Avenue Armory to begin training for war—the men of the Seventh Regiment finally shipped off for France on May 9, 1918. ...

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#ThrowbackThursday: The Armory’s theater roots run deep. As part of our ongoing series tracking the Seventh Regiment’s participation in #WWI, check out this cast photo from the 1918 productio...

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For International Women’s Day we’re honoring contributions of the women of the Seventh Regiment—wives, mothers, sisters, and friends—during World War I. While the men of the Regiment were...

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Happy Presidents’ Day! With presidential portraits recently making headlines, you might be surprised to learn that the Armory owns several likenesses of our nation’s Commanders in Chief, incl...

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Tracking the Regiment: Follow along as we chronicle the Seventh Regiment’s activity throughout WWI to coincide with centennial remembrances of America’s involvement in “The War to End All W...

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Merry Christmas! This holiday, we’re continuing to track the history of the Seventh Regiment exactly 100 years ago, as the men prepared and trained for their part in America’s participation i...

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Tracking the Regiment: The weather turned sharply in December 1917, and the sunny south became a frozen tundra. Thermometers read just four degrees above zero on nights the men spent in the trenc...

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