For the upcoming weekend, C-SPAN3 has the following World War I programs. As usual, all times are Central.
–Reel America: L’Effort Americain – 1918 French Silent Film. Airs at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, July 21st.
–American Artifacts: French World War I Soldiers. Airs at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 21st.
–American Artifacts: Quentin Roosevelt Memorial. Airs at 9:18 a.m. Saturday, July 21st.
–World War I in the Middle East. Airs at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, July 22nd.
–The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Airs at 10:00 a.m. July 22nd.
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.
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