The 100th Anniversary of the American entry into World War I was marked by a ceremony at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery on April 11th:  http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/photogallery/KS/20170411/PHOTOGALLERY/411009996/PH/1?start=2

 

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.