The Director of Sarajevo Museums, Amra Madarevic, spoke to Centenary News about plans to mark the 100th anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination.
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Step Short tells Centenary News of plans to mark Folkestone’s place in the First World War during the Centenary
Centenary News reports on plans to mark the role of Folkestone in the First World War.
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Italian ‘Gruppo Ermada Flavio Vidonis’ speaks to Centenary News about its ‘Voices of War in Peacetime’ exhibition
Gruppo Ermada Flavio Vidonis speaks to Centenary News about the Voci di Guerra in Tempo di Pace exhibition & the Centenary.
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Centenary News reports on the ongoing research into the Carshalton war memorial in Surrey, England
Centenary News volunteer writer Andrew Arnold describes his ongoing research into the Carshalton war memorial.
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Centenary News reports on the New Zealand perspective of the First World War and national identity
Centenary News volunteer writer Svar Barrington considers New Zealand’s experience in the First World War.
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Global Plans for the Centenary of the First World War: National World War I Museum conference brings together international partners
Article by Centenary News’s Nigel Dacre on the Great War conference held at the National World War I Museum, Kansas City in March 2013.
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The Royal United Services Institute considers how it will mark the Centenary of the First World War
Ashlee Godwin, Deputy Editor of the RUSI Journal at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the Centenary of the First World War at a national and international level, and the role the Institute will play.
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The “forgotten front”: Great War Centenary conference at National World War I Museum in Kansas City considers the Eastern Front
In a specially written article for Centenary News, Dr. Jillian Davidson reflects on the Eastern Front as discussed at the Great War conference held at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, March 2013.
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Life on the German Home Front during the First World War examined for Centenary News: how did German society adapt?
The First World War brought about significant changes to the way people lived their lives on the home front in Germany, writing for Centenary News, Claire Wotherspoon reports.
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Author of ‘The Final Whistle’ tells Centenary News about the story behind a London rugby club’s war memorial
Stephen Cooper’s book, The Final Whistle, tells the story of 86 members of Rosslyn Park rugby club who lost their lives during the First World War. He talks to Centenary News’ Dan Hayes.
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