It’s never too early to give a heads up to a program on World War I.  If you don’t already know, the PBS program American Experience will air “The Great War” next April, in time for the 100th anniversary of the American entry into the war.  The program will run six hours over three nights.

From the American Experience website:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/blog/2016/07/28/great-war-premiere-april-2017/

Check your local listings.

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.