News – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

English National Ballet announces three part dance programme inspired by the Centenary of the First World War

The English National Ballet has announced that three dance pieces, inspired by the Centenary, will be part of a programme of British choreography entitled Lest We Forget.

June 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The British Empire & The Great War’ conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is to host a conference exploring the colonial societies and cultural response within the British Empire to the First World War.

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June 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Plans to construct memorial arch dedicated to First World War soldiers in Folkestone, England

The BBC has reported that a “memorial arch” in honour of First World War troops will be built to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the conflict.

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand National War Memorial Park

The New Zealand Government has announced that work on the National War Memorial Park “is progressing well and is on target for the opening to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 2015”.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Library of New Zealand continues digitisation of First World War diaries

The National Library of New Zealand has written a blog entry about the progress of its “war diaries project”.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Western Front Association announces speakers for Second President’s Conference

The Western Front Association has announced the keynote speakers for its conference ‘A World At War 1914-18 – 1913: The Prelude to War’.

June 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War trawler in South Georgia could return to city of Hull, England, for Centenary

Merco Press reports that an historic First World War trawler on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, originally from the English city of Hull, could be returned to city for the Centenary.

June 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British MPs debate First World War Centenary commemoration plans

The BBC’s Democracy Live has recorded a debate amongst British Members of Parliament about plans to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in the UK.

June 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s blood stained shirt to go on display in Vienna

The shirt Archduke Franz Ferdinand was wearing on the day he was assassinated on June 28th 1914, will go on display at the Austrian Military Museum in Vienna.

June 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act enters US House of Representatives

CoinNews.net reports that a bill which aims to mint a commemorative coin to mark Centenary of the First World War, has been introduced in the American House of Representatives.