C-SPAN3 has made sure that it did take note of World War I programming for the Memorial Day weekend, and some of it will be repeated a few times.  A reminder that all times posted here are Central, and we’re not responsible  for schedule changes.

–Reel America:  Chateau – Thierry Sector U.S. Army Silent Film.  Mitchell Yockelson and Guillaume Moizan provide commentary for this film from 1918.  11 minutes.  Airs Saturday evening, May 26, at 9:00 p.m.; 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, May 27; 1:00 a.m. Monday morning, May 28; 7:44 a.m. Monday morning , May 28; 10:00 a.m. Monday morning, May 28; 10:00 p.m. Monday evening, May 28.

–Reel America:  Graves Registration Service U.S. Army Silent Film.  Yockelson and Moizan also provide commentary on this film as well.  This also includes a film from 1955 showing the dedication of the Marine Monument in Belleau Wood.  29 minutes.  Airs at 9:11 p.m. Saturday evening, May 26; 3:11 p.m. Sunday afternoon, May 27; 1:11 a.m. Monday, May 28; 10:11 a.m. Monday morning, May 28; 10:11 p.m. Monday evening , May 28.

–American Artifacts:  WWI Centennial, Chauteau – Thierry and Belleau Wood.  Yockelson leads a tour of monuments, battlefields and cemetery.  Airs Sunday May 27 at 5:00 p.m.; again at 9:00 p.m.;  Monday morning, May 28 at 7:00 a.m.; 7:00 p.m. Monday evening, May 28.

–American Artifacts:  World War I Combat Artists.  Exhibit at the National Air  and Space Museum.  Airs at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning, May 28; 6:00 p.m. Monday evening, May 28; 10:30 p.m. Monday evening, May 28.

–American Artifacts:  World War I Soldiers and Art in the Trenches.  Exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum.  Airs at 11:00 a,m. Monday morning, May 28: 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, May 28; 11:00 p.m. Monday evening, May 28.

–Aisne – Marne American Cemetery World War I Memorial Ceremony.  Airs at 9:00 p.m. Monday evening, May 28.

–World War I Naval Warfare.  Airs at 4:55 a.m. Tuesday morning, May 29th.

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.