Commemorating the First World War Centennial in Kansas
All of these are free, but registration is required. Click here.
War Football: WW1 and the Birth of the NFL Thursday 3/30 6:30PM CDT
Germany in Crisis: 1919 to 1933 Monday 4/17 7:00 PM CDT
Lawrence Lecture: Earthly Paradise at Clouds Hill Sunday 4/23 2:00PM CDT
Fighting with Faith: Germany’s First Mosque Monday 4/24 7:00 PM CDT
Officially known as ‘Awakening the Mind Museum: WW1 Remembered’, this travelling exhibit was created and is operated by Keith A. Colley. Based in Texas, the museum began in 2015 and had a busy tour schedule until Covid grounded them. In 2019 they visited twenty three locations, sixteen of which were in Texas, but also in NY, MO, KS, MI and MA. Last fall they returned to exhibiting at Frisco, TX. You can learn more about the museum by clicking here for the website or click here for the Facebook page.
The National WW1 Museum in Kansas City has scheduled the following You tube events:
Sept. 6th, 6:30 PM CDT Austria at War
Sept. 13th 6:30 PM CDT The Hell Fire Boys: the Chemical Corps in WW1
Both are free but you must register. Click here for details.
Recently there has been a rash of wildfires in the Adriatic region due to a ‘Heat Dome’ forming over Europe. On the Karst Plateau in Slovenia, the scene of eleven battles between Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1915-17, unexploded munitions are popping off all over the place, adding a significant hazard to the job of the firefighters. You can read about this by clicking here.
Among the offerings are these:
Understanding Black service in WW1 Sat. Aug. 27th, 10:30 AM CDT
The Great War and You Sat. Aug. 27th, 3:30 PM CDT
Both are free but registration is necessary. Click here to sign up.
All five episodes of the 2014 French production called Apocalypse WW1 are now available on the National Geographic Channel. Featured are an amazing series of colorized photographs. Click here for more details about the production or click here for dates and times.
The other day was the 106th anniversary of the start of what is popularly known as The Battle of the Somme, although military historians and experts divide this four and a half month offensive into many distinct battles.
Here is a link to an excellent piece where film footage shot at the time is worked into the modern site. Click here to watch.
On-line offerings include :
Health Threats & the World War Tuesday 7/19 6:30 PM CDT You tube
Women and Warfare Thursday 7/28 6:30 CDT You tube
Both of these are free, but registration is required. Click here.
The Great Forgotten, by Kacie and Karen Devaney, is a television series in development, a derivative of their successful Off-Broadway play of the same title. The plot line follows two American women, one a nurse and the other a nursing aide, with scenes alternating between WW1 and the future. Click here to read more about this project.
The Congressional Naming Commission has released their recommendation for retitling nine Army installations presently named for Confederate historical figures. One of the recommendations is to change the name of Ft. Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia to Ft. Eisenhower, after five star General and the 34th POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower, who grew up in Abilene, Kansas. This post is the Headquarters of both the Army Signal Corps and the Army Cyber Command. Click here to read the full press release.
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