The folks at C-SPAN are giving the World War I folks a nice present the weekend before Christmas.  As usual, all times are Central and we aren’t responsible for schedule changes.

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–Douglas Mastriano:   Thunder in the Argonne.  Airs at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd.

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–Alice Paul & the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade.  Airs tonight, Wednesday, December 19th at 9:25 p.m.  Repeats tomorrow morning, December 20th at 3:25 a.m. for you insomniacs.

–American Artifacts:  U.S. Army World War I Exhibit.  Airs at 10:30 p.m. Friday, December 21st.  Repeats at 4:29 a.m. and 8:10 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd, and 12:10 a.m Sunday, December 23rd.

–American Artifacts:  WWI Meuse-Argonne Offensive.  Airs at 11:22 p.m. Friday, December 21st.  Repeats at 5:19 a.m. Saturday, December 22nd.

–American Artifacts:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.  Airs at 12:20 a.m., Saturday, December 22nd.  Repeats at 6:18 a.m. Saturday, December 22nd.

–American Artifacts:  Romagne 1914-1918 Museum.  Airs at 12:45 a.m. Saturday, December 22nd.

–World War I Fighter Pilot Culture.  Airs at 12:05 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd.

–U.S. Army’s Role in Defeating Germany.  Airs at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd.  Repeats at 1:45 a.m Sunday, December 23rd.

–Black Soldiers in France & Jim Crow America.  Airs at 6:05 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd.  Repeats at 4:05 a.m. Sunday, December 23rd, and 5:05 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.

–The Story of the Lost Battalion.  Airs at 10:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd.  Repeats at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd, 2:00 a.m. Monday, December 24th, and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.

–American Women in World War I France.  Airs at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, December 23rd.

–Lessons Learned:  1916 Battle of Jutland.  Airs at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd.  Repeats at 10:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd and 4:00 a.m Monday, December 24th.

–World War I Armistice 100th Anniversary.  Airs at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.  Repeats at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 25th.

–American Artifacts:  World War I Tour of Woodrow Wilson House.  Airs at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.  Repeats at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, December 25th.

–Sergeant York – The Man and the Movie.  Airs at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.  Repeats at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 25th.

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.