This week’s World War I viewing on C-SPAN3.  As usual, all times are Central.

–Reel America:  The Lost Battalion – 1919.   Airs at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, October 6th.

–American Artifacts:  U.S. Army World War I Posters.  Airs at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 7th.  Repeats at 9:00 p.m. Sunday, October 7th.

–Alvin York Medal of Honor Centennial.  Airs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, October 7th.  Repeats at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, October 7th, and 5:30 a.m. Monday, October 8th.

–Alvin York World War I Battle Location.  Airs at 6:36 p.m Sunday, October 7th.  Repeats at 10:36 p.m. Sunday, October 7th, and 6:36 a.m. Monday, October 8th.

 

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.