Commemorating the First World War Centennial in Kansas
The following virtual programs are scheduled in December on the National WW1 Museum and Memorial website.
12/8 12:00 PM CST Significant Memorials. Matthew Naylor of the Museum and Edwinn Fountain of the Doughboy Foundation discuss the progress on the memorial in Washington DC.
Last Monday night politically-themed graffiti was painted on a wall by the entrance to the National WW1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. You can read a local news story by clicking here.
This isn’t the first time the museum walls have been defaced. You can read about the 2019 incident by clicking here.
“All is Calm” is a musical production of the Christmas Truce of 1914, presented by the Latte Da Theatre Group of the Twin Cities. It is going to premiere on Twin Cities Public Television on November 27th; it looks like general release to PBS stations will be December 10th. Check your local listings.
The following virtual programs are upcoming at the National WW1 Museum and Memorial website.
11/4 7:00 PM CST Modern Gay Rights and WW1
11/10 630 PM CST The Grit Factor
11/12 6:30 PM Ireland and the Complexities of Remembering WW1
All are free but you must register in advance to get an invitation. Registration information can be found by clicking here.
There will be a free Zoom lecture on Friday, October 9, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDT called: “Poppyganda: The Historical & Social Impact of a Flower.” The Poppy is an enduring symbol of WWI; however, the poppy’s association with warfare predates 1914, and its legacy is still evolving. Dr. Mathew Leonard is a modern conflict archeologist at the University of Bristol in the UK. In 2015 he published his book entitled Poppyganda, in which he tells the story of the ‘flower of remembrance’ up to the present day. To register for this free event, click here. Be sure to blank out my registration details and enter your own instead.
Next week there will be two of these. You can register for attendance by clicking on the links following :
Tues. 10/6 6:30 PM CDT WW1 and the Birth of Communist China. CLICK HERE to register.
Wed. 10/7 7:00 PM CDT The Bonus March. CLICK HERE to register.
In March 2017 I announced the release of this motion picture. You can read that post by clicking here. It is now available for streaming from either Prime or Netflix.
With the new big-screen production “1917” now playing in theaters (click here to read the previous post about the movie), it seems appropriate to put up this list, compiled by the movie critic website Rotten Tomatoes (click here).
The National Guard traces its existence to December 13th, 1636. These citizen soldiers have served in all of our nation’s conflicts, and in the First World War the 26th through 42nd Divisions of the American Expeditionary Force were composed of Guardsmen. You can read more about this here. Happy Birthday to the Guard!
In this recorded lecture Stephen Badsey Ph. D (Cambridge) FRHistR, for 19 years a professor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and now on the faculty at the University of Wolverhampton, discusses the myths and misconceptions that have passed down to us about World War 1. Click here to see the whole presentation on YouTube. Settle in, though, because it lasts over 47 minutes.
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