Military historian Peter Barton will discuss German perspectives of the Battle of the Somme on 18 January 2017 as part of a free lecture series organised by the Herts at War centenary project in the UK.
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‘Pioneers to Professionals: Women and the Royal Navy’ – Exhibition at UK naval museum
The role of women in the British navy will be explored in a centenary exhibition opening at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 18 February 2017.
Continue reading‘Posters as Munitions, 1917’ – US WW1 Museum Exhibition
A centennial exhibition illustrating how posters were used as propaganda weapons runs at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, until February 2018.
Continue reading‘National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music’ – Book launch & lecture
A new book exploring how the First World War has influenced songwriters from the 1950s to the present day will be launched with a lecture by author Peter Grant in London on 7 March 2017.
Continue reading‘Congress and the World Wars’- Capitol Hill Centennial Exhibition
America's entry into WW1 is being commemorated with a centennial exhibition at the US Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, highlighting the response of Congress to both world wars.
Continue readingUS national ceremony in Kansas City to mark WWI Centennial
America will commemorate the centenary of its entry into the First World War with a national ceremony on 6 April 2017 at the National World War I Museum and Memorial, Kansas City.
Continue reading‘North Carolina & World War I’ – US Centennial exhibition
A multimedia exhibition marking the centennial of America's entry into the First World War opens at the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, on 08 April 2017.
Continue readingBattle of Arras Centenary – unveiling of memorial to NZ tunnellers
'The Earth Remembers', a new memorial honouring New Zealand's WW1 tunnellers, will be inaugurated during Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations in France on 9 April 2017.
Continue readingCanada marks Vimy Ridge Centenary – April 9
Canada will hold ceremonies on 9 April 2017 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War victory seen as a defining moment for the country.
Continue readingBattle of Chemin des Dames Centenary events in France
Commemorations will be held in the Aisne region at Easter to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Chemin des Dames.
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