After a number of World War I programs last weekend, C-SPAN cut back a bit this week.  Hopefully they’ll remember the centennial observance on November 11!

As usual, all times given here are Central.

–American Artifacts:  The Lost Battalion.  Airs at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, October 20.

–History Bookshelf:  Andrew Carroll, My Fellow Soldiers.  Airs at 7:00 a.m. Sunday, October 21.

–American Artifacts:  U.S. Army World War I Posters.  Airs at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 21.

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.