News – Page 84 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New beers to commemorate First World War Centenary

In a project to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War, twelve beers will be brewed over the five year period to 2019.

June 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News in Brief: 14th – 20th June 2014

Centenary News in Brief this week includes: Watford Football Club’s new away kit marks the Centenary; the only Australian horse to return from the First World War is honoured; America’s World War One Historical Association will mark the Archduke’s assassination; and the National Memorial Arboretum in England will hold a First World War poetry evening.

June 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German President hosts international First World War Centenary debate in Berlin

German President Joachim Gauck has invited international historians to Berlin for a day of remembrance and discussion of the First World War and its legacy.

June 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Cyclists mark Centenary of Archduke’s assassination in Sarajevo

The Sarajevo Grand Prix 2014 has marked the Centenary of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

June 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Tommies on the Aisne’ exhibition in France recalls 1914 battle where trench warfare started

A museum in France is telling the story of British and French military cooperation at the Western Front battle which marked the start of trench warfare in September 1914.

June 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

United Nations agency calls for Centenary remembrance of lives lost at sea during First World War

UNESCO is urging ships around the world to mark the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination on 28th June 2014, the event which triggered the First World War.

June 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

America’s National World War I Museum to mark Archduke’s assassination

The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, USA, is holding a ceremony and programme of events on the 28th June to mark the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

June 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Pistol used by one of Archduke’s assassins on display at Museum of Military History in Vienna

One of the pistols used by the group of assassins involved in the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie has returned to the Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria.

June 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Queen Elizabeth takes part in Northern Ireland Centenary commemoration

The BBC has reported on Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Northern Ireland, where she laid a wreath at Coleraine’s Cenotaph to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Culture Secretary Sajid Javid sends letter to Unknown Soldier

British Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has added his letter to more than 3,000 that have been sent to an Unknown Soldier whose statue stands on London’s Paddington station.