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March 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

US President Obama to commemorate First World War with King Philippe on visit to Belgium

President Barack Obama will travel to Belgium this week, where he will attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Flanders.

March 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

President Obama, Prime Minister Di Rupo and King Phillipe honour First World War dead

President Obama has visited Flanders Field Cemetery in Belgium, where he was accompanied by King Phillipe of the Belgians, and the Belgian Prime Minister, Elio Di Rupo.

May 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania was carrying First World War explosives from New York when sunk in May 1915, British files reveal

The passenger ship Lusitania was carrying munitions when it was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915, documents released by the British Government have revealed.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge

Centenary News’ Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.

Author: Dr. Jillian Davidson

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: ‘Over By Christmas: August-December 1914’ at the National World War I Museum, USA

A new exhibition at the National World War One Museum in Kansas City examines how the romantic notions of war clashed with the harsh realities of conflict during the first five months of the First World War.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge

Centenary News' Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.

May 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Power of theatre brings experiences of World War One to modern audiences

An American theatre company has created a multi-media performance which bears witness to the cataclysmic events of World War One and pays tribute to the tragic losses of human potential on allsides.

Author: By Mike Swain

May 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Power of theatre brings experiences of World War One to modern audiences

An American theatre company has created a multi-media performance which bears witness to the cataclysmic events of World War One and pays tribute to the tragic losses of human potential on all sides.

May 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The New York Society Library holds the City’s first exhibition to commemorate the Centenary

Dr. Jillian Davidson writes for Centenary News about a new exhibition which has opened in New York to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

Author: Dr. Jillian Davidson

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.