The time is fast upon us to observe the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of fighting in World War I.  We hope shortly to have more information about plans from the National Centennial Commission .  We hope that some people out there have some ideas how they may mark the observance in their communities, and we also hope that you will share the ideas here.

One of my colleagues suggested that we could recreate how Chanute, Kansas, marked the end of the war.  As you can see, my colleagues are a cheerful bunch:

Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, Chanute, Kansas
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/215311/page/1

Blair Tarr is the Museum Curator of the Kansas State Historical Society. He oversees the three-dimensional collections of the Society, but has special interests in the Civil War, Wichita-made Valentine diners, and Leavenworth's Abernathy Furniture. In the last few years he has also done a lot of cramming on The Great War. He is a past president of the Kansas Museums Association and the Civil War Round Tables of both Kansas City and Eastern Kansas. He is currently a board member of the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City.