Going to Kansas City?

On April 6th the national observance of America’s entry into the First World War will be held at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.  This should be no little affair.

Rather than repeat much of the news, here are two links.  First, the story as reported by the Kansas City Star:  http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article131323354.html

And the official announcement by the National Centennial Commission:  http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/1874?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

 

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.