The Fritt Ord Foundation is planning a programme of events to mark the Centenary of the First World War, with a series of lectures having been held in November 2013.
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American scholars partner to create First World War education programme
Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina and The American Battle Monuments Commission have announced that they will create a “World War I focused education programme”.
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Canadian War Museum acquires First World War Victoria Cross
The Canadian War Museum has announced that it has acquired the Victoria Cross awarded to First World War soldier Sergeant Herman James Good.
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South African artist’s work “The Lost Men France” to remember soldiers killed on the Somme
An installation by contemporary South African artist, Paul Emmanuel, will be displayed on the Somme as part of France’s First World Centenary Commemorations.
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English and German football teams to recreate Christmas Truce football match
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded an £8,300 grant which will allow the twinned towns of Newark in England and Emmendingen in Germany to recreate the ‘Christmas Truce’.
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International exhibition: ‘Forgotten Heroes: North Africans and the Great War, 1914-1919’
An international exhibition exploring the role North Africans played in the First World War is being organised to mark the Centenary of the conflict.
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Heritage Lottery Fund grants of £100,000 to Northern Irish communities will help mark Centenary
Communities in Newry and Mourne in Northern Ireland have been awarded almost £100,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to help mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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‘Remembering the Great War’ exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2014
The National Galleries of Scotland has announced that it will hold a “thought-provoking and poignant” exhibition to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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Duke of Kent opens new museum at HQ of Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Duke of Kent has opened a new museum at the headquarters of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Maidenhead.
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Conference: ‘Living War; Thinking Peace: Women’s experiences, feminist thought and international relations’, Venice, 2014
The online journal DEP: Deportees, Exiles, Refugees is organising an international conference on women during the First World War.
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