Materials for schools promoting awareness of First World War shipwrecks have been released for the Centenary by the United Nations agency, UNESCO.
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Royal Navy Museum conference charts Jutland legacy
A three-day international conference exploring the legacy and wider impact of the Battle of Jutland has been announced by Britain’s National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.
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Battle of Arras Centenary update – Scotland remembers
Commemorations honouring Scottish soldiers who fought at the Battle of Arras in 1917 will be held in France and Scotland during a day of international centenary events on 9 April 2017.
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‘Safeguarding WW1 underwater heritage’ – UNESCO online resource for schools
Materials for schools promoting awareness of First World War shipwrecks have been released for the Centenary by the United Nations agency, UNESCO.
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‘Fields of Battle Through Canadian Eyes’ – Arras Centenary Exhibition
The French city of Arras is hosting a touring exhibition of Canadian First World War art at the Musée des beaux-arts as part of the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations.
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‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ – CWGC marks its 2017 Centenary
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is marking its Centenary year with the launch of new projects aimed at promoting awareness of its founding mission of remembrance in perpetuity.
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Centennial Countdown Blog: US Cabinet backs war
The events of March 1917 which resulted in President Woodrow Wilson summoning a special session of Congress to declare war are told in this latest post from US blogger Dennis Cross.
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US Centennial tribute to women of World War I
The US Centennial Commission has paid tribute to the vital role of American women in WW1 ahead of this week’s events marking US entry into the Great War in April 1917.
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American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting
Publisher’s Description:’When war erupted in Europe in 1914, American journalists hurried across the Atlantic ready to cover it the same way they had covered so many other wars. However, very little about this war was like any other. Its scale, brutality, and duration forced journalists to write their own rules for reporting and keeping the American public informed.’
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When Johnny Doesn’t Come Marching Home
Publisher’s Description:’A true account of the experiences of 1st Sergeant John Russell Small – an American First World War veteran – written by his daughter. At the age of 89, Marian Small set out to tell the story of a 20 year old boy whose love of adventure took him in 1916 to join Brigadier-General John J. Pershing in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the Mexican bandit, and then in 1918 to the trenches in France.’Marian Small talks about her father here.
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