News – Page 79 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sarajevo opens restored City Hall for First World War Centenary Year

Sarajevo’s historic City Hall has reopened, more than 20 years after its destruction during the Bosnian War.

May 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Replica trench system to be constructed in New Zealand granted $156,000

Plans to construct a First World War replica trench system to mark the Centenary of the conflict have received a $156,000 boost.

May 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

President of Portugal’s Centenary Commission speaks to Centenary News

The President of Portugal’s First World War Centenary Commission, Lieutenant-General Mário de Oliveira Cardoso, has spoken to Centenary News about his country’s plans to mark the Centenary.

May 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Twin Portraits’ of First World War soldier reunited at Jerwood Gallery

Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, England, has been lent a second portrait of the First World War soldier Norman Kohnstamm, reuniting the portraits after almost one hundred years.

May 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News in Brief: 9th – 16th May 2014

Centenary News in brief this week includes: a new exhibition on ‘Portugal and the Great War’ at the National Library of Portugal; a talk on Ottoman Perspectives of the conflict at Zurich University; a petition in the UK for Edith Cavell to feature on the £2 coin; and a Centenary conference at Georgia Fwinnett College, America.

May 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

RAF Museum creates new exhibition to tell the ‘often overlooked’ story of air power in the First World War

The Royal Air Force Museum is developing a new exhibition to explore the growth of air power in the First World War, from early reconnaissance flights to the coordinated use of aircraft and artillery.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

May 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Germany announces plans to donate stained glass windows to Reims Cathedral to mark Centenary

Germany’s Foreign Minister has announced his country’s intention to present six stained glass windows to Reims Cathedral to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

International historians to debate Sarajevo 1914 ‘the South Slav Question’ at Southampton University

Southampton University in the UK is marking the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination with an international conference from June 26-28 2014.

End Date: 26 Jun 2014

May 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Giant painting of First World War naval commanders restored to view at London’s National Portrait Gallery

A vast painting of Britain’s First World War naval commanders is back on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London for the first time since the 1960s.

May 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand locomotive ‘Passchendaele’ returns to active service for First World War Centenary

A steam locomotive named ‘Passchendaele’ in memory of New Zealand Railways staff who died in the First World War has been restored in time for the Centenary.