News – Page 91 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Requiem for Australia’s First World War dead to have Sydney premiere

The premiere of the first Australian musical composition commemorating those who fell in the Great War will be performed by Sydney University Graduate Choir on August 10th 2014.

July 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Pope Francis makes Centenary plea for peace

Pope Francis has marked the Centenary of the First World War with an appeal for peace in current conflicts.

July 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia

The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia at 11am on Tuesday 28th July 1914.

July 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Great War/Great Read’ – exploring classic writing of the First World War in Kansas City

An American initiative encouraging people to explore the classic literature of the First World War is being launched in Kansas City by the National World War 1 Museum and Kansas City Public Library.

July 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The Somme holds photo contest to capture the commemorative spirit of 2014

The Conseil Général de la Somme in France is holding a photography competition as part of its First World War Centenary commemorations.

July 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

US state of Ohio marks Centennial with First World War poster display

The American state of Ohio is marking the First World War Centennial with an exhibition of US recruitment posters at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

July 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Charity ‘shines a light’ for soldiers buried at cemetery on England’s Channel coast

Lanterns will be lit on the graves of 550 soldiers at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery on the Kent coast on August 4th 2014, the Centenary of Britain’s entry into the First World War.