A multimedia exhibition marking the centennial of America’s entry into the First World War opens at the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, in April next year.
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Vigils remember Virginia’s First World War soldiers.
Vigils were held in Virginia on 17 September 2016 in memory of the US state’s soldiers who served in the Great War.
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US Centennial Commission signs partnership deal with Belgium
America’s WWI Centennial Commission and the Belgian Federal Government have signed an agreement to ‘share experience, knowledge and technical means’ ahead of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of US entry into the First World War.
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Book Review – An American on the Western Front
‘A story both illuminating and intensely moving’ – CN reviewer Andy Moreton on this collection of the First World War letters of Californian student Clifford Kimber, edited and narrated by Patrick Gregory & Elizabeth Nurser.
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Mission Centenaire seeks WW1 Centenary projects for 2017
French Centenary organisation Mission Centenaire has outlined major anniversary themes for 2017 as it invites next year’s WW1 projects to apply for endorsement.
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‘World War I and American Art’ – Centennial exhibition launching in Philadelphia
The first major exhibition devoted to exploring how American artists reacted to the First World War opens this week at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia.
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November 7 1916 – Americans go to the polls in close Presidential race
President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won a second term in November 1916 on a platform of ‘He Kept Us out of War’, reflects Patrick Gregory.
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November 7 1916 – Americans go to the polls in close Presidential race
President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won a second term in November 1916 on a platform of 'He Kept Us out of War', reflects Patrick Gregory.
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Oxford seminars to explore ‘how we can best commemorate war’
Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a series of seminars in 2017-18, Oxford University announces.
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Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017
The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.
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