The Australian Government has committed $6.9 million for a Western Front Interpretive Centre at Villers-Bretonneux, in the first budget of Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
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First World War Centenary garden ‘No Man’s Land’ at Chelsea Flower Show
ABF – The Soldier’s Charity has developed a special garden for the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingHeritage chief becomes first woman to lead Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has appointed Victoria Wallace, Chief Executive of Leeds Castle, as its next Director General. She succeeds Alan Pateman-Jones who’s standing down in June 2014.
Continue readingHistorian’s Centenary mission to find 10,000 World War One memorials across America
Washington Art historian Mark Levitch has embarked on an ambitious Memorial Inventory Project to uncover the 10,000 or more American World War One memorials scattered across the country.
Continue readingHistorian’s Centenary mission to find 10,000 World War One memorials across America
Washington Art historian Mark Levitch has embarked on an ambitious Memorial Inventory Project to uncover the 10,000 or more American World War One memorials scattered across the country.
Continue readingFlanders House holds annual memorial service at Manhattan’s DeWitt Clinton Park
Dr. Jillian Davidson writes for Centenary News about Flanders House's annual memorial service at the Clinton War Memorial as the Centenary approaches.
Continue readingFlanders House holds annual memorial service at Manhattan’s DeWitt Clinton Park
Dr. Jillian Davidson writes for Centenary News about Flanders House’s annual memorial service at the Clinton War Memorial as the Centenary approaches.
Continue readingTwin sculptures at St. Paul’s Cathedral commemorate First World War Centenary
Twin sculptures have been installed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War.
Continue readingKaliningrad unveils new First World War monument to mark the Centenary
Russia’s westernmost region – an enclave in Eastern Europe – has unveiled a monument commemorating the First World War as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary.
Continue readingNew woodland in the Pentland Hills, Scotland, to mark First World War Centenary
A new woodland is to be established in the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh, to honour Scotland’s First World War soldiers.
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