This weekend on C-SPAN3 (all times Central):

–World War I in the Middle East.  Airs at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, July 14th.  Repeats at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, July 15th.

–The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Airs at 5:55 p.m. Saturday, July 14th.  Repeats at 3:55 a.m. Sunday, July 15th.

–Reel America:  L’Effort Americain-1918 French Silent Film.  Airs at 9:00 p.m. Saturday, July 14th.  Repeats at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 15th; 1:00 a.m. Monday, July 16th.

-Reel America:  The St. Mihiel Drive-1918 U.S. Army Silent Film.  Airs at 9:17 p.m. Saturday, July 14th.  Repeats at 3:17 p.m. Sunday, July 15th; 1:17 a.m. Monday, July 16th.

–World War I & the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Airs at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, July 15th.

–American Artifacts:  French World War I Soldiers.  Airs at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 15th.  Repeats at 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 15th; 3:00 a.m. Monday, July 16th.

-American Artifacts: Quentin Roosevelt Memorial.  Airs at 12:50 p.m. Sunday, July 15th.  Repeats at 5:18 p.m. Sunday, July 15th; 9:19 p.m. Sunday, July 15th; 3:18 a.m. Monday, July 16th.

 

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.