World War I and America Programming Calendar
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Alabama
Troy, Alabama
Troy University Libraries
Contact
July 18, 2017, 5:30-6:30 PM
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War 1, Dr. Marty Olliff
September 21, 2017, 1:00-2:30 PM
A Century of Commemoration: How Alabama Has Remembered the Great War, 1920–2017, featuring Dr. Marty Olliff, Dr. Robert J. Jakeman, Dr. Steven Trout, Mr. Graham Neeley
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Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale Public Library
Contact
April 6, 2017, 6:30-7:30 PM
World War I-The Great War, Dr. Kyle Longley
April 13, 2017, 6:00-8:30 PM
Film screening All Quiet on the Western Front
April 20, 2017, 6:30-7:30 PM
The Great War's Impact on Scottsdale, Joan Fudala
May 9, 2017, 6:30-8:00 PM
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Tom Tudor
November 1-20, 2017
World War I and America Traveling Exhibit, Civic Center Library
November 5, 2017, 2:00 PM
World War I and America: Celebrating America Music Concert!, Scottsdale Saguaro High School Vocal Ensemble
November 8, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America: The Treaty of Versailles and the Future War, Dr. Kyle Longley
November 15, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America: Above and Beyond: The Incredible Story of Frank Luke, Arizona's Medal of Honor Flying Ace of the First World War, Keith Warren Lloyd
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Arkansas
Russellville, Arkansas
Ross Pendergraft Library & Technology Center
Contact
September 7, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Great War & Arkansas, Dr. Buck Foster
September 14, 2017, 7:00 PM
Propaganda & Pursuasion, Dr. Jan Jenkins
September 28, 2017, 7:00 PM
Ozarks to the Argonne Forest - Story of Local Soldiers with WWI Memorabilia, MSG (Ret.) Lee Fields, US Army
October 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It, Dr. Stanley Lombardo
November 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
Veterans Appreciation Event, Discussion panel on veterans' issues and support services
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California
Beaumont, California
Beaumont Library District
Contact
April 8, 2017
World War I and America: Veterans Panel, Jennifer Keene, PhD
May 20, 2017
Film screening and discussion
Danville, California
Museum of San Ramon Valley
Contact
March 16, 2017, 7:00 PM
An Ordinary Year, An Extraordinary Time, Steve Burchik at the Veterans Memorial Building
April 7, 2017, 7:00 PM
“Think of Me Often,” Clarinet Fusion, at the Danville Library
Folsom, California
Folsom Public Library
Contact
October 3, 2017, 6:30 PM
Monthly Book Club - WWI and America: Told By the Americans Who Lived It, Colonel (USAF ret.) Terrance Finnegan
October 6, 2017, 10:00 AM
WWI and the Sacramento Valley, Amanda DeWilde and James Scott
October 21, 2017, 10:00 AM
WWI and the Birth of a Genre, Carrie Sessarego
October 26, 2017, 1:00 PM
Monthly Book Club - WWI and America: Told By the Americans Who Lived It, Colonel (USAF ret.) Terrance Finnegan
November 3, 2017, 10:00 AM
First Friday Series—WWI: Over There, Colonel (USAF ret.) Terrance Finnegan
Milpitas, California
Milpitas Library
Contact
April 2, 2017, 2:00 PM
Democracy Defeated: Emma Goldman 1917-1919, Dr. Candace Falk
April 5, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War One and America, Professor Eric Narveson
April 6, 2017, 6:30 PM
Documentary Screening: World War I: American Legacy
April 9, 2017, 2:00 PM
The Effect of Combat on Veterans’ Lives, Professor Eric Narveson
April 19, 2017, 6:30 PM
Film Screening: Sergeant York (1941)
April 24, 2017, 6:30 PM
Film Screening: Paths of Glory (1957)
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Public Library
Contact
June 4, 2017, 3:00 PM
American Women and the First World War, Lynn Dumenil, PhD
June 11, 2017, 1:00 PM
The First World War and the African American Soldier, Jennifer Keene, PhD
July 30, 2017, 1:00 PM
American Security, Civil Liberties, and the First World War, Carlton Larson
Simi Valley, California
Simi Valley Public Library
Contact
March 18, 2017
World War I and Women, Susan Kinkella, PhD
May 20, 2017
World War I and PTSD, Janina Scarlet, PhD
September 16, 2017
World War I and America readings and discussion, Michaela Reaves, PhD
November 9, 2017
World War I and Music, Michaela Reaves, PhD
Thousand Oaks, California
California Lutheran University
About
August 31-December 7, 2017
Weekly Oral Histories and Interviews, Cal Lutheran students
October 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI and America Discussion, Cal Lutheran Faculty
November 14, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI and Sgt. York, Dr. Michael Birdwell
Whittier, California
Whittier Public Library
Contact
February 2, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America, Jennifer Keene, PhD
February 9, 2017
The Literature of World War I, Charles Adams, PhD
February 15, 2017
"The Life of a Doughboy" presented by the Great War Historical Society of Los Angeles
February 22, 2017
Documentary screening: World War I, The American Legacy
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Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo City-County Library
Contact
August 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
An Evening with President Wilson, Judd Bankert
August 1-25, 2017
Lest We Forget: Pueblo Remembers World War I exhibition, World War I and America Exhibitions on view
September 6, 2017, 6:30 PM
Film Screening: All Quiet on the Western Front
September 11, 2017, 6:30 PM
African Americans in World War I, Ray Brown
September 20, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I and America Dine and Discussion, featuring the World War I and America Reader, Clyde Cremer, and Col. Jeff Chostner
November 11, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I Headstone Ceremony at Roselawn Cemetery, Assistance from Congressman Scott Tipton
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Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut
Groton Public Library
Contact
February 1, 2017, 1:00 PM
World War I and America Opening Event
February 2, 2017, 12:00 PM
Scanning Day with the Connecticut State Library’s World War I Memory Project
February 4, 2017, 1:00 PM
Women Doctors and Nurses in World War I, Heather Munro Prescott, PhD
February 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
Connecticut on the Homefront, Christine Gauvreau
February 10, 2017, 1:00 PM
WWI Film screening with commentary
February 16, 2017, 3:30 PM
Genealogy Presentation: World War I, Michael Spellmon
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Public Library
Contact
April 6, 2017
The Puerto Rican Experience of World War I
April 27, 2017
"Expressions of War" roundtable discussion
May 11, 2017
Hartford and World War I
Middletown, Connecticut
Russell Library
Events
April 6, 2017
The Puerto Rican Experience of World War I
October 2-31, 2017
WWI Poster Exhibition Over the Top: Liberty and Victory Bond Posters
October 4, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America: readings and discussion at the Middletown Senior Center
October 4, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America: readings and discussion
October 5, 2017, 7:00 PM
Film Screening with commentary and discussion, featuring Dr. Scott Higgins
October 11, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America: readings and discussion at the Middletown Senior Center
October 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America: readings and discussion
October 12, 2017, 7:00 PM
Veterans Writing Group: World War I and America readings, discussion and writing series
October 18, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America: readings and discussion at the Middletown Senior Center
October 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America: readings and discussion
October 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
Veterans Writing Group: World War I and America readings, discussion and writing series
October 25, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America: readings and discussion at the Middletown Senior Center
October 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America: readings and discussion
October 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
Veterans Writing Group: World War I and America readings, discussion and writing series
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
Author Talk, Edward A. Hagan, PhD
November 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I Genealogy Workshop
November 16, 2017, 7:00 PM
Concert: Songs of World War I
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Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware
Delaware Historical Society
Contact
November 9, 2017, 6:00-9:00 PM
Delaware and World War I: Readings and Reflections, Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr. (Brigadier DE ANG, ret)
November 11, 2017, 1:00-4:00 PM
Teacher Workshop: Triumph and Tragedy, Ms. Lisa Preuter
March 3, 2018, 1:00-3:00 PM
Writing Workshop, Dr. Myrna Nurse and Dr. Samuel B. Hoff
March 17, 2018, 1:00-3:00 PM
Writing Workshop, Dr. Myrna Nurse and Dr. Samuel B. Hoff
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Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern
Contact
April 1, 2017
World War I and America Exhibition Opening Event
April 2, 2017
Local genealogy society WWI project
Panama City, Florida
Bay County Public Library
Contact
August 8, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America Book Club
August 8, 2017, 4:00 PM
Teen "Grizzled" Card Game Program
August 12, 2017, 2:00 PM
Archives Come Alive: Letters from poet and WWI Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, Jason Hedden
August 14, 2017, 6:00 PM
On the Homefront: Bay County during WWI, Dr. Glenda Walters
August 15, 2017, 5:30 PM
Beyond the Lens: Book and Film Series featuring Paths of Glory, Gerard Giordano
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Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Contact
October 16, 2017, 6:30-8:00 PM
Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War, John Morrow
November 14, 2017, 7:00-9:00 PM
Film Screening: Men of Bronze: The Black American Heroes of WWI
September 1, 2017, 7:00-9:00 PM
A Question of Manhood: African Americans and WWI exhibition
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta Museum of History
Contact
February 21, 2017
World War I and America Reader
May 27, 2017
World War I's Impact on the River Region
June 24, 2017
World War I History Detective Program
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Urban Mediamakers Association
Contact
February 18, 2017
Black History event with film screenings, readings and discussion, Chad Williams
October 13, 2017
Race and World War I screening and discussion, Max Brooks
Morrow, Georgia
Clayton State University
WWI and America
September 28, 2017, 6:30 PM
Veterans Panel Discussion: Impact of War on American Society, moderated by Dr. Lamar Veatch in the Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education, room 101
October 25, 2017, 6:30 PM
Veterans Panel Discussion: American Women at War and The Home Front, in the Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education, room 101
November 8, 2017, 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Film Screening: Lioness, additional screenings may be offered
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Illinois
Bolingbrook, Illinois
Fountaindale Public Library
Contact
April 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
A World Gone Mad: World War I, Jim Gibbons
September 23, 2017, 9:30 AM
Here Come the Doughboys! Tracing Your WWI Military Ancestors
July 11, 2018, 7:00 PM
Music of WWI, Andrew Bullen
August 8, 2018, 7:00 PM
Screening of silent film Wings starring Clara Bow, organ accompaniment by Jay Warren, organist for the Chicago Silent Film Society
Hampshire, Illinois
Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District
Contact
December 5, 2016, 6:00 PM
World War I and America exhibition opening
December 5, 2016
World War I strategy board game and discussion
Malta, Illinois
Kishwaukee College
Contact
March 30, 2017, 12:30-1:30 PM
The Unknown Soldier: How does military service change you?, Jennifer Jossendal, at the C 1130 Student Lounge
April 25, 2017, 11:00– 12:00 PM
What Does the Nation Owe to Those Who Fight?, Dr. Ashley Becker, at the C 1130 Student Lounge
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park Public Library
Calendar
October 4, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: All Quiet on the Western Front, Doug Deuchler
October 6, 2017, 1:30 PM
WWI and America Reader Discussion, Marine Corps (ret.) Ed White
October 7, 2017, 2:00 PM
Johnnies, Tommies and Sammies: Music and the WWI Alliance
October 10, 2017, 7:00 PM
Great Soldiers of the First Division, 1917-1919, Dr. Paul Herbert
October 11, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Sergeant York (1941), Doug Deuchler
October 12, 2017, 1:30 PM
Book Discussion: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Donna Ioppolo at the Maze Branch Library
October 15, 2017, 4:00 PM
Author presentation: Chicago Transformed: World War I and the Windy City, Joseph Gustaitis
October 17, 2017, 7:00 PM
Book Discussion: The Summer before the War by Helen Simonson, Linda Ivy Miller
October 18, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Wings, Doug Deuchler
October 20, 2017, 1:30 PM
WWI and America Reader Discussion, Marine Corps (ret.) Ed White
October 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Dawn Patrol, Doug Deuchler
October 26, 2017, 4:00-5:00 PM
Kid Inventors
October 28, 2017, 2:00 PM
Stories from Women Heroes of
World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics, author Kathryn Atwood
November 1, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Paths of Glory, Doug Deuchler
November 3, 2017, 1:30 PM
WWI and America Reader Discussion, Marine Corps (ret.) Ed White
November 4, 2017, 2:00 PM
Veterans Read!
November 5, 2017, 3:00 PM
Hemingway Letters, Kevin Bry and Diana Pingle
November 8, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Joyeux Noel/Merry Christmas, Doug Deuchler
November 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
Author Presentation: From Chicago to Vietnam: A Memoir of War, Veteran author Michael Duffy
November 11, 2017, 11:00 AM
Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WWI, at the Oak Park Arms Retirement Community
Orland Park, Illinois
Orland Park Public Library
Contact
March 5, 2017, 3:00 PM
Johnnies, Tommies and Sammies: Music and the WWI Alliance, William Brooks, PhD
March 7, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America Roundtable I, Orland Park Vet Center
March 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
The United States Enters World War I, Paul H. Herbert, PhD
March 15, 2017, 7:00 PM
Artillery Scout, James Bilder
March 17, 2017, 7:00 PM
The US in WWI: Seven Months that Changed the World, Barry Cloyd
March 21, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America Roundtable II, Orlando Park Vet Center
March 22, 2017, 7:00 PM
A World Gone Mad: World War I, Jim Gibbons
March 23, 2017, 7:00 PM
Great Soldiers of the First Division, 1917-1919, Paul H. Herbert, PhD
March 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Rise and Fall of the Doughboy
Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton Public Library
Contact
Please register with the library to attend events
October 13, 2017, 1:00 PM
Film Festival: The Promise (2016)
October 17, 2017, 7:00 PM
Ernest Hemingway in WWI, Bob Glass
October 24, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI Heroes of Wheaton, Nancy Flannery
October 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
Wheaton Reads Book Discussion: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
October 27, 2017, 1:00 PM
Film Festival: War Horse (2011)
October 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
Propaganda Posters: A Painting Workshop for Teens, Christine Thornton
October 31, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI and America Panel and Discussion, Assistant Professor Josh Fulton
November 1, 2017, 4:00 PM
Tween Program: Eating During WWI
November 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
Film Festival: Wonder Woman (2017)
November 2, 2017, 4:00 PM
Tween Book Discussion (Grades 3-6), Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
Contemporary Book Discussion, Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
American Doughboys in WWI, Robert Mueller
November 3, 2017, 1:00 PM
Film Festival: Testament of Youth (2014)
November 5, 2017, 2:00 PM
Songs of WWI, Roger Kotecki
November 7, 2017, 10:00 AM
Wheaton Reads Book Discussion: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
November 8, 2017, 10:00 AM
Contemporary Book Discussion: Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
November 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
US First Division in WWI, Dr. Paul Herbert
November 16, 2017, 6:00 PM
Film Festival: Paths of Glory (1957)
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Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Indiana University Northwest Office of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs
Contact
November 6, 2017
World War I presentation, Dr. Jean Poulard
November 7, 2017
Student-led discussions, Dr. Jonathyne Briggs
November 10, 2017
Student-led discussions, Dr. Jonathyne Briggs
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Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Figge Art Museum
Contact
February 16, 2017
The Art of Persuasion: World War I Posters and the Home Front, Ranelle Knight-Lueth, PhD
May 4, 2017
World War I and America readings and discussion, Quad Cities Vet Center
Oelwein, Iowa
Oelwein Public Library
Contact
April 3, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America Opening Event
April 6, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and U.S. Railroads
April 13, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America readings and discussion
April 20, 2017, 6:30 PM
Daily Life at Camp Dodge, Mike Vogt
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Kansas
Emporia, Kansas
Emporia Public Library
Contact
November 1, 2017, 11:30 AM-2:30 PM
Film Screening: War Horse
November 3, 2017, 10:00 AM
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It book discussion, Dr. Christopher Lovett
November 9, 2017, 2:00 PM
Guest Speaker Retired Colonel Greg Burton
November 11-20, 2017
World War I Recruitment Posters on display in the atrium display case
Independence, Kansas
Independence Public Library
Contact
February 23, 2017, 6:00 PM
Veterans' Writing Workshop, Jason Pete, PhD
March 1, 2017
Stubby the Dog Soldier: WWI Hero (Animal Heroes) Story Walk (Riverside Zoo)
March 2, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America Exhibition Opening Reception
March 7, 2017, 6:00 PM
Serving America While Serving Time, Kori Thompson
March 8, 2017, 2:00 PM
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It
March 14, 2017, 6:00 PM
Author Talk Personal Hell: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
March 16, 2017, 3:00 PM
Veterans Panel Discussion at Independence High School
March 16, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America: A Participatory Reader's Theater
March 21, 2017, 6:00 PM
WWI and America Family Read Night
March 22, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It
March 29, 2017, 6:00 PM
Global Police Debate, Independence Community College Debate Team
Kinsley, Kansas
Kinsley Library
Contact
January 10, 2018
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, discussion led by Valerie Brown Kuchera
January 14, 2018
General overview of WWI and the causes of the war, Larry Burke
February 6, 2018
Burning Beethoven by Erik Kirshbaum, discussion led by Dr. Galen Boehme
February 18, 2018
American involvement, Larry Burke
March 6, 2018
A Son and the Front by Edith Wharton, discussion led by Dana Waters
March 18, 2018
Eye Deep in Hell: WWI Trench Warfare, Larry Burke
April 3, 2018
Above the Dreamless Dead, discussion led by Dr. Jane Holwerda
April 15, 2018
1918 and the Great Crisis, Larry Burke
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Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Western Kentucky University, Library Special Collections
Contact
September 19, 2017, 6:30 PM
Sgt. Alvin York: America’s WWI Hero, presented by Dr. David Lee
November 9, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America (Readings and Discussion), moderated by Professor Jonathan Jeffrey
London, Kentucky
Laurel County Public Library
Contact
September 28, 2017, 6:00 PM
Author-led discussion: WWI and America Reader, Dr. David Bettez
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Louisiana
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Nicholls State University, Ellender Memorial Library
Contact
October 23, 2017, 6:30-8:00 PM
World War I and America Exhibit Reception at the Cotillion Ballroom (Bollinger Memorial Student Union) and Ellender Memorial Library Exhibit Room
November 9, 2017, 6:00-8:00 PM
Panel Discussion with Veterans and History Scholars at Le Bijou Theater (Bollinger Memorial Student Union)
November 10, 2017
Veterans Day ceremony
Port Allen, Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Museum
Contact
October 31, 2017
Reader discussion group: Generations of Struggle: Perspectives on Race and Justice from Reconstruction to the Present
November 4, 2017-January 7, 2018
Over Here & Over There: Americans at Home and Abroad in World War I, Exhibit from the National Archives
November 29, 12:00 PM
Lunchtime Lecture: West Baton Rouge Soldiers in WWI, Ellis Gauthier
December 2, 10:00 AM
Reading and Discussion: WWI and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It, Dr. Paul Paskoff and Dr. Karl Roider
December 9, 10:00 AM
Reading and Discussion: WWI and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It, Dr. Paul Paskoff and Dr. Karl Roider
December 16, 10:00 AM
Reading and Discussion: WWI and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It, Dr. Paul Paskoff and Dr. Karl Roider
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Maine
Auburn, Maine
Auburn Public Library
Contact
May 11, 2017, 6:00 PM
Screening of Fort Bliss and discussion, Rob Reilly, director of Camp Steve Veterans Camp
May 18, 2017
Author Talk: Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin
May 25, 2017, 6:00 PM
Efforts to Document Maine Memorials, Elizabeth Bischoff
Eliot, Maine
William Fogg Library
Contact
April 7, 2017, 2:00 PM
WWI and America Program Kickoff, Jamie Rice and Sr. Vice Commander Melvyn Bates. Please call 207-439-9437 to register
April 8, 2017
Saturday Film Series, The First World War. To be held consecutive Saturdays, beginning 4/8/17, and excluding 5/20/17 and 5/27/17
October 4, 2017
History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Gary Hildreth
Kittery, Maine
Rice Public Library
Contact
November 9, 2017, 5:00 PM
World War I and America Closing Event, Elizabeth McKillen, PhD
Portland, Maine
Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine
Contact
December 5, 2017, 6:00 PM
Americans Underground: The Secret City of WWI, 1st Lieutenant Jonathan Bratten, Command Historian of the Maine Army National Guard at the Cohen Center, Glickman Library Room 103
December 5, 2017, 6:00 PM
Americans Underground: The Secret City of WWI, 1st Lieutenant Jonathan Bratten, Command Historian of the Maine Army National Guard at the Cohen Center, Glickman Library Room 103
December 8, 2017, 9:00 AM
Coffee and Conversation: An Informal Gallery Talk with History Professor Libby Bischof, AREA Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center
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Maryland
Belcamp, Maryland
Harford County Public Library
Contact
March 21, 2017
"Ready to Serve, a One-Woman Show"
March 26, 2017
Meet the Author: Elizabeth Foxwell
May 11, 2017
Meet the Author: Mitchell Yockelson
Frederick, Maryland
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Contact
September 2017
The WWI Art of Robert Horvath, traveling display
September 7, 2017, 7:00 PM
Platoon 22: Fighting For Those Who Fought For Us with Danny Farrar, CEO and co-owner of SOLDIERFIT, co-founder of Platoon 22, an organization that seeks to reduce the number of veteran suicides
September 12, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI Family History, Mary Mannix, MA, MLS, FCPL
September 23, 2017, 7:00 PM
Authors of Liberty: The Valiant Military Service of Maryland’s Black Men and Women, Dr. Glenn Johnston
October 10, 2017, 7:00 PM
Author Talk and Signing: Maryland in World War I: As Seen Through Photographs with author William M. Armstrong
October 12, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Story of Danny Farrar: Pride Not Ego with author Danny Farrar
October 15, 2017, 2:00 PM
Grave Yards and Genealogy: American Battle Monuments Commission, Ryan Bass, MLS, NARA
October 24, 2017, 7:00 PM
Author Talk and Signing: Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler with author Marc Leepson
November 11, 2017, 11:00 AM
Researching Your 18th and 19th Century Veteran Ancestors, Rebecca Koford, CG.
November 20, 2017, 6:00 PM
The Homefront, Jake Wynn
December 3, 2017, 2:00 PM
Helping Veterans Reclaim Their Serenity, Judy Buchanan, Certified Medical Reiki™ Practitioner and US Army Veteran
February 10, 2018, 1:00 PM
Researching the People of the Great War with Teri Bisceglia, Denise Coughlin, and Kathi Donatucci
Thurmont, Maryland
Thurmont Regional Library
Contact
August, 2017
The WWI Art of Robert Horvath traveling display
September 16, 2017, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Frederick Memorial Trail Geocaching Kickoff
September 20, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I: Film Series and Discussion: Howard Hawks's Sergeant York, moderated by Kiri McGhee, MA, MLIS
October 3, 2017, 7:00 PM
The 1918 Flu Outbreak: A Local Perspective, with author Jim Rada
October 11, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I: Film Series and Discussion: Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front, moderated by Kiri McGhee, MA, MLIS
November 15, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I: Film Series and Discussion: Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner, moderated by Kiri McGhee, MA, MLIS
January 17, 2018, 6:00 PM
World War I: Film Series and Discussion: Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, moderated by Kiri McGhee, MA, MLIS
Towson, Maryland
Towson University Albert S. Cook Library
Contact
February 15, 2017, 12:00 PM
World War I, Physical Fitness, and the Shaping of a Modern University
March 28, 2017, 12:30 PM
World War I, Sex, and Gender
April 20, 2017, 12:30 PM
Art, Culture, and Race: The Legacy of World War I
October 4, 2017, 12:00 PM
Bibliotherapy: World War I and Beyond
Urbana, Maryland
Urbana Regional Library
Contact
November 6, 2017, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - WWII music and Its Influences. Part 1 in a 4 part series
November 13, 2017, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - WWII music and Its Influences. Part 2 in a 4 part series
November 20, 2017, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - WWII music and Its Influences. Part 3 in a 4 part series
November 27, 2017, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - WWII music and Its Influences. Part 4 in a 4 part series
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Michigan
Alpena County, Michigan
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Contact
March 6, 2017, 6:30 PM
Letters Home-WWI soldier and Alpena resident Levi Stevens letters to his parents, read and discussed by his granddaughter
March 6, 2017, 7:00 PM
Of Men and War documentary screening
March 9, 2017, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Center Screening: Veteran Artist Project The Home Show
March 14, 2017, 6:30 PM
The WWI and America Reader discussion
March 20, 2017, 6:30 PM
Wake Up America! Great Lakes Contribution to WWI
Heartland, Michigan
Cromaine District Library
Events
November 13, 2017, 6:30 PM
Michigan and World War I, Dennis Skupinski
November 21, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and PTSD
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson District Library
Contact
May 18, 2017
America's Role in the War
September 14, 2017
World War I and America readings and discussion
March 15, 2018
Veteran Experience
May 31, 2018
World War I and Jackson
Lake Orion, Michigan
Orion Township Public Library
Events
Please register for events online
October 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
Readings and Discussion: Why Fight?; the Experience of War; Race and World War I, hosted by Dr. Karen Miller
October 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
American Women at War; The Home Front: Selling Unity, Suppressing Dissent, hosted by Dr. Karen Miller
October 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
Readings and Discussion: America on the World Stage; Coming Home: The Toll of War, hosted by Dr. Karen Miller
November 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I "Hello Girl" Oleda Christides, featuring storyteller Lois Keel
November 14, 2017, 7:00 PM
PTSD: A Discussion for Veterans and Their Families, Dr. Eric BeShears, clinical psychologist with the John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center
November 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Makings of America: A World War I Home Front Story, historian Dennis Skupinski
Lawrence, Michigan
Van Buren District Library
Contact
October 10, 2017
Veteran Memoirs: Van: A Memoir of My Father, Michigan author Kathryn Den Houter
October 18, 2017, 5:30 PM
Open House with Guests From the American Legion
October 25, 2017, 5:30 PM
Community Read and Discussion: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 with author Dr. Gordon Andrew
November 1, 2017, 5:30 PM
German Propaganda and POW’s During WWI and WWII, Dr. Kenneth Steuer. Please RSVP: 269-674-3200
November 8, 2017, 5:30 PM
Undoing Plessy: Charles Hamilton Houston, Race, Labor and the Law, 1895-1950, author Dr. Gordon Andrew
November 11, 2017, 5:30 PM
Veterans Day Film: All Quiet on the Western Front
White Lake, Michigan
White Lake Township Library
Contact
Please register to attend events.
June 13, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Book group discussion of The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson, hosted by Professor Sandra Sutherland
June 26, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
The Hello Girls, Lois Keel
July 10, 2017, 6:00–8:00 PM
Concert in Hawley Park with The Dug Outs
July 11, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Group discussion of All Quiet on the Western Front, hosted by Professor Sandra Sutherland
August 8, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Horses in the War, Margaret Ostrowski
September 11, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
World War I and America readings and discussion
September 12, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Book group discussion of The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien, hosted by Professor Sandra Sutherland
September 14, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Camp Library Service with reenactors, featuring Erin Kinnee and Lawrence Ostrowski
October 3, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Donut Dolly, Joann Puffer Kotcher
October 9, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
The Shot that Killed Millions, Professor Dennis Fiems
October 10, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Discussion of The Spy by Paulo Coelho, featuring Professor Sandra Sutherland
October 16, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Like Lambs to the Slaughter, Professor Dennis Fiems
October 19, 2017, 10:30–11:30 AM
Book discussion of Dead Wake by Erik Larson at the Dublin Community Senior Center
October 23, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
The Yanks Are Coming!, Professor Dennis Fiems
November 13, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
The Music of Weapons and Plowshares, Matt Watroba & Rev. Robert Jones
November 14, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Book discussion of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, hosted by Professor Sandra Sutherland
December 12, 2017, 6:30–7:30 PM
Books with Background: Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy, hosted by Professor Dennis Fiems
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Minnesota
Dodge Center, Minnesota
Dodge Center Public Library
Events
September 5, 2017, 11:00 AM
WWI era Tea Party at the Mantorville Opera House
September 17, 2017, 7:00 PM
Medicine on the Battlefield, Michael Eckers
September 5-22, 2017
Art and Propaganda of WWI exhibit
September 7, 2017, 6:00 PM
All Quiet on the Western Front movie screening
September 14, 2017, 6:00 PM
Life in the Trenches, Michael Eckers
September 29, 2017, 7:00 PM
Music & Fashion of WWI, Nadine Langworthy
October 8, 2017, 2:00 PM
Guided Cemetery Walk with the Dodge County Historical Society at the Wildwood Cemetery, Wasioja
October 2-24, 2017, 2:00 PM
WWI and America exhibit
November 11, 2017, 2:00 PM
Descendants Remember: Honoring Past and Current Veterans, at the Dodge Center Community Center
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Mississippi
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Mississippi State University Libraries
Contact
September 14, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Great War: World War I Writing and Memorabilia from the Special Collections of Mitchell Memorial Library
October 12, 2017, 7:00 PM
Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I
November 16, 2017, 7:00 PM
Poetry and the Poppy: "In Flanders Fields" and One Woman's Role in Creating a Symbol of Remembrance
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Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Contact
info@blackarchives.org
November 6, 2016, 2:00 PM
The Role of African Americans in World War I, Joe Louis Mattox
November 12, 2016, 2:00 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois and World War I, Shawn Alexander, PhD
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield-Greene County Library District
Contact
April 5, 2017
Dr. Jay Winter
April 18, 2017
Chemical Warfare in World War I
April 22, 2017
Women's Roles in World War I
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Montana
Helena, Montana
Contact
November 1, 2017, 5:30 PM
East Helena Branch Open House
November 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
Montana and the Great War: 1914-1926, Rich Aarstad, Senior Manuscript Archivist
November 2, 2017, 11:30 AM
The War Experience and the Trauma We Bring Home, panel discussion with veterans at Fort Harrison
November 2, 2017, 6:30 PM
War Horse screening at East Helena Branch
November 3, 2017, 6:30-8:30 PM
The Great War, Stephen W. Richey, US Army (ret.)
November 4, 2017, 12:00 PM
Christmas Truce Reinactment, East Helena Park
November 5, 2017, 2:00 PM
The Great War, Stephen W. Richey, US Army (ret.)at the Augusta Historical Society
November 6, 2017, 11:00 AM
WWI and America Reader Discussion: Race and WWI, at the Helena Branch
November 6, 2017, 5:00 PM
War Horse screening at the Augusta Branch
November 7, 2017, 2:00 PM
WWI and America Reader Discussion: Women at War, at the East Helena Branch
November 7, 2017, 6:30 PM
Of Men and War screening at the Helena Branch
November 8, 2017, 11:00 AM
Montana and the Great War: 1914-1926, Rich Aarstad, Senior Archivist at the Augusta School
November 8, 2017, 6:30 PM
War Ink viewing and discussion at the Helena Branch
November 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
Suicide Prevention among Veterans. Panel at the Helena Branch featuring Karl Rosston, LCSW, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Juliana Hallows, NCC, LPMHC, Suicide Prevention Coordinator; and Joanna McCormick, PhD, Training Director, Montana VA Health Care System Psychology Internship (MTVAPI) program
November 9, 2017, 3:45 PM
WWI and America Reader teen discussion at the East Helena Branch
November 9, 2017, 1:00 PM
The Great War, Stephen W. Richey, US Army (ret.)
November 10, 2017, 2:00 PM
The War Experience panel discussion featuring veterans from Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
November 11, 2017, 12:00 PM
Veterans Day Parade in East Helena with the Boy Scouts and library mascot Buffy the Buffalo
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Nebraska
Central City, Nebraska
Central City Public Library
Contact
June 15, 2017, 8:45 AM - 4:30 PM
Road Trip with CC Public Library to the Nebraska Chautauqua
June 26, 2017, 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
The Life, Times, and Work of Willa Cather, Tracy Sanford Tucker, education director and certified archivist of the Willa Cather Foundation
July 10, 2017, 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Behind the Meaning of Names, Karen Gettert Shoemaker, author of One Book One Nebraska
August 12, 2017, 2:00 PM
On the Homefront During WWI & Afternoon Tea. Susan Hultman will provide sweet and savory tea items
New Hampshire
Warner, New Hampshire
Warner Historical Society
Contact
April 9, 2017, 2:00 PM
World War I Posters, Mary Mead
June 10, 2017, 7:00 PM
Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten War, Richard Rubin
June 25, 2017, 2:00 PM
German Stereotypes in Context, Dr. Richard Schade
July 13, 2017, 6:30 PM
Chemical Warfare and World War I, Dr. Marion Girard-Dorsey
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene Public Library
Calendar
August 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
Discussion, Professor John Lund at the Horatio Colony House Museum
August 25, 2017, 6:30 PM
Chautauqua, Charles Evert Pace as W.E.B. Dubois and Paul Vickery as Woodrow Wilson
August 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
Film Screening: The Little American, Professor Larry Benaquist
October 7, 2017, 10:00 AM
Veterans Writers Workshop, Rodger Martin
October 21, 2017, 10:00 AM
Veterans Writers Workshop, Rodger Martin
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New Jersey
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Bridgeton Free Public Library
Contact
May 4, 2017
WWI film screening with commentary
May 6, 2017
WWI and America reception with ragtime music
May 13, 2017, 2:00 PM
Three-Day Road: Book Discussion, Joseph Boyden
May 16, 2017
Students Meet Veterans
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken Historical Museum
Contact
November 6, 2016, 4:00 PM
Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: From Hoboken to the Rhine and Back, Jeffrey Sammons, PhD
November 21, 2016, 1:00 PM
A City on the Eve of War: Hoboken in 1916-1917, Christina Ziegler-McPherson, PhD
December 11, 2016, 4:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson's Failure of Wartime Leadersip, Richard Striner, PhD
February 12, 2017, 4:00 PM
The Women of Peace and Preparedness: The Use of Motherhood and Maternalism in World War I, Lisa Mastrangelo, PhD
March 12, 2017, 4:00 PM
Uncle Sam Wants You: Hoboken, World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen, Christopher Capozzola, PhD
April 23, 2017, 4:00 PM
A Seaport at War with Itself: Germans, Irish, Jews, Italians, and African Americans in Wartime Greater New York, Steven H. Jaffe
May 7, 2017, 4:00 PM
Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken: The U.S. Army Port of Embarkation in Hoboken during World War I Mark Van Ells, PhD
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains Public Library
Contact
September 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
Prelude to War: The Events that Drew the US into WWI, Tim White, Assistant Professor of History at New Jersey City University
September 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
War Illustration: A Straight Unbroken Line
Propaganda Posters of WWI, Dennis Dittrich, illustrator
Observations from an illustrator imbedding with warriors in training and on the front lines, Victor Juhasz, illustrator
September 28, 2017, 7:00 PM
Combat Paper and Frontline Arts, readings by veterans
October 6, 2017, 12:00 PM
Film Screening: All Quiet on the Western Front, Mike Spatoro, U.S.M.C., ret.
October 12, 2017, 7:00 PM
Facilitated Discussion: Race and WWI, Linda Caldwell Epps, Ph.D., historian, 1804 Consultants
October 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
Home Front New Jersey and World War I: Civil Liberties and the War within the War, Mark Lender, Chairman, History Department at Kean University
October 23, 2017, 7:00 PM
An Unintentional Consequence of WWI: American Religious Pluralism and the Jewish Experience, Jessica Cooperman Assistant Professor, Religious Studies Department, and Director, Jewish Studies Program Muhlenberg College
October 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
Facilitated Discussion: The Home Front, Christopher C. Gibbs
October 30, 2017, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Claims Clinic with representatives of the VA, Richard P. Thompson, Bureau Chief, Office of Veterans Affairs, Union County, NJ
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
Facilitated Discussion: At Home the Toll of War, Ryan Harty, US Army Reserve (Active)
November 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
Reception for Veterans, Ella Rue & 52 Reasons to Love a Vet
Picataway, New Jersey
Piscataway Public Library
Contact
July 15, 2017, 1:00-3:30 PM
Writers Workshop
July 22, 2017, 1:00-3:30 PM
Writers Workshop
October 8, 2017, 2:00 PM
Scholar-led session, Dr. Beryl Satter
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New York
Brooklyn, New York
New York City College of Technology
Contact
April 5, 2017, 1:00-2:00 PM
Public film screening and discussion at the Ursula C. Schwerin Library
July 8, 2017, 1:00-2:00 PM
Public film screening and discussion at the Ursula C. Schwerin Library
November 8, 2017, 2:30-3:30 PM
Public film screening and discussion at the Ursula C. Schwerin Library
Granville, New York
Slate Valley Museum
Contact
April 29, 2017, 2:00 PM
Public talk, "Putting the 'World' in the First World War," SUNY Albany Professor Richard S. Fogarty
July 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
Summer Book Club, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
August 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
Summer Book Club, Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
September 15, 2017, 6:30 PM
"Well this is all for now... so goodbye" Letters, Writings, and Poetry from Veterans
This program will be held at Stone Valley Arts in Poultney, Vermont
October 28, 2017, 2:00 PM
Returning the Colors: The Conflicts that Follow
January 27, 2018, 2:00 PM
A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York State in the First World War, New York State Museum’s Senior Historian Aaron Noble
Hempstead, New York
The African Atlantic Genealogical Society, Inc.
Contact
April 1, 2017
Two One-Act Plays about World War I
April 1, 2017, 3:00 PM
"Mine Eyes Have Seen," and "Aftermath," staged readings and discussion, Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher, Lt. Damon L. Kinebrew, and former Mayor of the Village of Freeport, Andrew Hardwick
June 24, 2017
Jazz concert. WW1 era songs and music composed by Lt. James Reese Europe, Jazz vocalist Lady Laura
Massapequa, New York
Massapequa Public Library
Contact
May 10, 2017, 1:00 PM
Voices of World War I: Do They Still Resonate Today?, Anna Katsavos
May 17, 2017, 1:00 PM
World War I Era in Song, Robert Cohen
Patchogue, New York
St. Joseph's College New York, Callahan Library
Contact
November 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
"Soldier's Home" reading at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, Steven Fuchs, Ph.D.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Adriance Memorial Library
Contact
May 6, 2017, 2:30 PM
World War I and America Opening Event
May 13, 2017, 2:30 PM
World War I and America: Veterans Panel, Matthew Schultz, PhD
May 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
An Evening of Poetry: The War Experience, Nelson Rivera
May 20, 2017, 2:30 PM
Writing Workshop
Smithtown, New York
The Smithtown Library
Contact
February 23, 2017, 7:00 PM
The History of Camp Upton, Paul Infranco
April 6, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I from Sarajevo to the Armistice, Keith Matturro
April 8, 2017, 2:00 PM
Fifteen Shades of Grey - The Lusitania, the Sussex, and America's Ambivalent Road into the First World War
May 20, 2017, 2:00 PM
Songs of World War I, Linda Russell Trio
June 22, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I in Film, Keith Matturro
October 5, 2017, 7:00 PM
Battlefield Art of World War I
November 7, 2017, 7:00 PM
Art of World War I, Christina Bosco, PhD
Sparkill, New York
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Contact
October 19, 2017, 2:30 PM
Recovery and Reclaimation: Women Veterans and the Road Back, Mary Edie Meeks at The Lougheed Library St. Thomas Aquinas College
October 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
Recovery and Reclaimation: Women Veterans and the Road Back, Mary Edie Meeks at The Nyack Library
November 13-18, 2017
Art Exhibit: World War I Enduring Impact, Azarian Gallery
November 29, 2017, 1:00 PM
Post-Veterans' Day Tribute, David Means at the Lougheed Library
November 29, 2017, 4:30 PM
Reception for Art Exhibit: World War I Enduring Impact, Azarian Gallery
November 29-December 10, 2017
World War I and America exhibit at the AMAG Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College
November 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
A Conversation in Black and White: two veterans talk about coming home from war at The Nyack Library
December 7, 2017, 1:00 PM
Bruce Beyer, anti-war activist, Lougheed Library
December 7, 2017, 4:00 PM
Bruce Beyer, anti-war activist, Nyak Library
Staten Island, New York
Staten Island Museum
Contact
March 11, 2017, 1:00-3:00 PM
World War I Lecture, Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson and Dr. Phillip Papas
March 25, 2017, 1:00-3:00 PM
Veterans' Oral Histories: “I am a Number,” Cara Liander and Maria Rusolo
Stony Brook, New York
The Stony Book University Libraries Special Collections
Contact
October 2, 2017-December 28, 2017
World War I Through the Lens: Photographs of the Western Front, 1914-1918
October 19, 2017
Long Island Naval History in Wartime, with an emphasis on World War I, Bill Bleyer at the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library
November 3, 2017
Art Crawl: Guided Tour of World War I through the Lens, at the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library
Tarrytown, New York
Warner Library
Contact
October 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
Causes of World War I - Exploration and discussion Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism as reasons for the war, Historian Richard Rose
October 16, 2017, 7:00 PM
The War in Europe and its Impact on America, Historian Richard Rose
October 23, 2017
The US Enters the War, Historian Richard Rose
October 30, 2017
The War in Europe: The US perspective, Historian Richard Rose
November 6, 2017
Cost of War the from the Soldiers Perspective and a role play discussion of the resolution of World War I, Historian Richard Rose
November 13, 2017
Lessons of World War I for the United States, Historian Richard Rose
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North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Central Piedmont Community College
WWI and America
July 19, 2017, 1:00-2:30 PM
Discussion: Why Fight?, facilitated by Dr. Hugh Dussek at Tate Hall
September 12, 2017, 9:30-10:45 AM
Stories of War as Told by the Americans Who Lived It: The Experience of War and Women at War, facilitated by Brian Anderson
October 17, 2017, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Stories of War as Told by the Americans Who Lived It: Race & WWI and the Home Front: Selling Unity, Suppressing Dissent, facilitated by Brian Anderson
November 14, 2017, 2:00-4:00 PM
The Toll of War and Homecoming: A Panel Discussion Featuring Veterans, moderated by Dr. Brenda Tindal at the Pease Auditorium
October 16-November 30, 2017, Check library hours for times
WWI and America: Exhibition at the CPCC Library
November 14, 2017, 4:00-5:00 PM
Exhibition Reception at the CPCC Library
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Cumberland County Public Library
Contact
July 27, 2017
US Enters the Great War, Dr. Stanley Sandler
August 10, 2017
Fayetteville and WWI, with tour of the FILI Museum, Bruce Dawes
September 7, 2017
North Carolina's Women "Do Their Bit" During WWI, Dr. Angela Robbins
September 1-November 30, 2017
Cumberland County WWI Memorial Wall and Display
October 1, 2017
WWI-era Popular and Patriotic Songs, Cross Creek Cordsmen
October 1, 2017
World War I and America Exhibition Opening
October 19, 2017
Dramatic reading of WWI and America by Sweet Tea Shakespeare with a discussion moderated by Dr. Angela Robbins
Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina Museum of History
Contact
June 14, 2017, 12:00 PM
History a la Carte: History of the Red Cross in Eastern North Carolina
August 10-11, 2017
History a la Carte: History of the Red Cross in Eastern North Carolina
September 1, 2017, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: Paths of Glory (1957)
September 10, 2017
The Human Cost of War: Letters Home
September 12, 2017, 9:30-11:00 AM
North Carolina and World War I, Adult Continuing education class: Why Fight
September 19, 2017, 9:30-11:00 AM
North Carolina and World War I, Adult Continuing education class: The Experience of War
September 26, 2017, 9:30-11:00 AM
North Carolina and World War I, Adult Continuing education class: Coming Home
September 28, 2017, 6:30 PM
WWI and Its Legacy: A Discussion with Today's Veterans
October 26, 2017, 6:30 PM
Selling WWI: How Propaganda Fueled the Flames of Nationalism
October 26, 2017, 2:00 PM
WWI Film Series: The Dawn Patrol (1938)
November 3, 2017, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: Gallipoli (1981)
December 3, 2017, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: A Little Princess (1995)
February 2, 2018, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: The African Queen (1951)
March 2, 2018, 6:30 PM
A Short Time to Stay Here, featuring Terry Roberts
March 25, 2018, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: Sergeant York (1941)
April 6, 2018, 6:30 PM
WWI Film Series: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
May 20, 2018, 2:00 PM
WWI Film Series: A Bear Named Winnie (2005)
June 30, 2018, 3:00 PM
With a Simple Click: How Photography Influenced Society During WWI
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North Dakota
Rugby, North Dakota
Prairie Village Museum
Contact
June 25, 2017
Digital History Event all day at the Rhubarb Festival
August 8-24, 2017
WWI and America exhibit on view
August 12, 2017
Mr. Caulkins lecture on the 1917 election and isolationism
August 12-13, 2017
Digital History Event
October 1, 2017
Book Club Event, moderated by Former Marine Jeff Skjelver and his wife Danielle
October 22, 2017
Dr. Iseminger Lecture on US entry into WWI and the role of North Dakota's Congressional delegation
November 12, 2017
Mr. Blackaby lecture on the origins of the Air Force and the role of aviation in WWI
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Ohio
Loudonville, Ohio
Loudonville Public Library
Facebook
February 1, 2018, 7:00 PM
World War I and America Opening Event, the American Legion Color Guard
February 3, 2018
Exhibit Tours, Colleen Sandusky
February 6, 2018, 6:00 PM
Tuesday Family Friendly Genealogy Series: Oral History and Gathering Facts
February 6, 2018, 7:00 PM
Film Presentation - Dear Home: Letters from WWI (2000)
February 10, 2018, 2:00 PM
World War I Posters: For the Hearts and Minds of Ordinary People
February 13, 2018, 6:00 PM
Tuesday Family Friendly Genealogy Series: Ancestry Library Edition
February 13, 2018, 7:00 PM
Film Presentation - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
February 16, 2018, 11:00 AM
Book Discussion - The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter England, with a veteran special guest speaker
February 17, 2018
Exhibit Tours, Colleen Sandusky
February 17, 2018, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
The American Flag, Long May it Wave, The American Legion Post 257
February 19, 2018, 7:00 PM
Ken Hammontree as Sergeant York at the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum
February 20, 2018, 6:00 PM
Tuesday Family Friendly Genealogy Series: Military Records
February 20, 2018, 7:00 PM
Film Presentation - Grand Illusion (1937)
February 24, 2018, 2:00 PM
Sowing the Seeds of Victory, Kenny Libben at the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum
February 27, 2018, 6:00 PM
Tuesday Family Friendly Genealogy Series: Hands on Local History
Wickliffe, Ohio
Wickliffe Public Library
Contact
April 13, 2017, 6:30 PM
Ohio’s Memorial Forest Shrine and Gold Star Mothers
April 20, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War One and the Experience of America’s Veterans
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Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
Contact
April 6, 2017, 5:00 PM
Transcribathon follow up talk and exhibit
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown College
Events
October 24, 2017, 7:00 PM
American Music and the First World War, Douglas Bomberger
November 13, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I: The View from the East, Dr. David Kenley
January-February, 2018
Exhibition featuring selections from the college archives, highlighting local attitudes toward the war
February, 2018
WWI and America traveling exhibition
February 14, 2018, 11:00 AM
WWI and America Exhibition Celebration, Dr. Chelsea Schields
February 21, 2018, 7:00 PM
Panel discussion on veterans and concientious objectors, Dr. Brian Newsome
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township Free Library
Contact
January 5, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I and America Opening Event
January 8, 2017, 2:00 PM
World War I and American Art
January 15, 2017, 2:00 PM
Alice Paul, World War I, and the Suffrage Movement, Mary Walton
January 18, 2017, 6:30 PM
When and Where: World War I, middle school history club
April 12, 2017, 6:00 PM
World War I Memorabilia Night
McMurray, Pennsylvania
Peters Township Public Library
ptlib@ptlibrary.org
August 3, 2017
World War I and America Exhibit Opening Event, featuring Michael Neiberg, PhD
August 3, 2017
America's Road to War, 1914-1917, talk by Michael Neiberg, PhD
August 3, 2017
Over There: The Music of WWI in America, featuring Val Williams with the Abbey Players and Lynne Spatafore
August 20, 2017, 7:00 PM
Discussion of Dawn Patrol (1930) and Sergeant York (1941) with David R. Shumway, PhD
August 24, 2017
"Experience of War" and "Why We Fight" panel discussion with Todd DePastino, PhD
September 17, 2017
Book and Film discussion: All Quiet on the Western Front, David R. Shumway, PhD
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
The United States Entry into World War I in 1917, Todd DePastino, PhD
January 18, 2018, 7:00 PM
America in War and Peace, Michael Neiberg, Ph.D
January 19, 2018, 1:00 PM
The Forgotten War – Causes and Consequences, Michael Neiberg, Ph.D, facilitated by Matthew Cheran at the Peters Township Middle School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Contact
May 24, 2017, 6:30-7:30 PM
Americans All! Foreign Born Soldiers in the First World War, Dr. Nancy Gentile Ford
May 31, 2017, 6:30-8:30 PM
Warrior Writers: Poetry and Prose of the First World War, Toni Topps of the Warrior Writers
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South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Historic Columbia
Contact
November 10, 2016, 6:30 PM
Remembering Columbia: Service of African Americans in World War I, John Sherrer
April 23, 2016
Woodrow Wilson and World War I A. Scott Berg at Woodrow Wilson Family Home
May 9, 2017
Remembering Columbia: Establishment of Camp Jackson, Fritz Hamer, PhD
North Augusta, South Carolina
Nancy Carson Library
Contact
August 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
Talk on the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, Erick Montgomery
August 10, 2017, 7:00 PM
Talk on North Augusta, SC during WWI, Don Rhodes
August 15, 2017, 7:00 PM
Talk on African American Soldiers in WWI, Janet Hudson
August 17, 2017, 7:00 PM
Military Timeline Impression Group, Dane Coffman as General Pershing
August 29, 2017, 7:00 PM
Book Discussion: Corridors of the Night by Anne Perry
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Texas
Arlington, Texas
Tarrant County College
WWI Portal
September 14, 2017, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Veterans Resources Fair
November 6, 2017, 11:45 AM
The Veteran's Experience from World War I to Today, James Foreman, Librarian and Air Force veteran
November 7, 2017, 8:30 AM
Perspectives of the Peacekeepers, Dianne Suarez, Air Force veteran and TCC English instructor
November 10, 2017, 11:00 AM
City of Arlington Veterans Day Observance
November 11, 2017, 7:30 AM
Arlington Heroes Run, benefits veterans and first responders
November 15, 2017, 12:50 PM-2:10 PM
Film Discussion: Searching for Home, Arlandis Jones, Army veteran and TCC English instructor
December 5, 2017, 1:00 PM
Dystopian Dialogues--Culture (at) War: Selling Unity Suppressing Dissent, Vicki Sapp, Ph.D.
December 7, 2017, 1:00 PM
Dystopian Dialogues--Culture (at) War: "1984 and 2017: War and Dystopia," Vicki Sapp, Ph.D.
January 25, 2017, 12:30 PM
WWI Book Club - All Quiet on the Western Front, Arlandis Jones, Army veteran and TCC English instructor
February 1, 2017, 12:30 PM
WWI Book Club - All Quiet on the Western Front, Arlandis Jones, Army veteran and TCC English instructor
February 8, 2017, 12:30 PM
WWI Book Club - All Quiet on the Western Front, Arlandis Jones, Army veteran and TCC English instructor
February 15, 2017, 3:30 PM
The History of African Americans in the Military, Arlandis Jones, Army veteran and TCC English instructor, followed by a panel discussion
February 20, 2017, 10:00 AM
The History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological Trauma Associated with War, Vince Lembo, Ph.D., TCC professor of psychology
February 21, 2017, 12:30 PM
War Wounds: Plastic Surgery During World War I, Jennifer Lawrence, Ph.D., TCC professor and chair of history
February 28, 2017, 11:00 PM
The Evolution of Women in the Military from WWI until Today, Dianne Suarez, TCC English instructor and Air Force veteran
Canyon, Texas
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Events
March 11, 2017, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Women in the Great War, talk and discussion
April 6, 2017, 6:00-9:00 PM
Eye Deep in Hell Discussion
April 24, 2017, 6:00-8:00 PM
The Great War in Literature, talk and discussion
June 10, 2017, 10:00 AM
Letters from Home, family program with letter writing and talk
August 10, 2017, 6:00-9:00 PM
PBS NOVA The First Air War, screening and roundtable discussion
Ponder, Texas
Betty Foster Public Library
Contact
June 27, 2017, 1:15 PM
Booktivity story time for all ages: Troops in WWI with Officer Sam Schiller
June 30, 2017, 5:00-7:00 PM
WWI weapons and equipment (for ages 18 up) with Officer Sam Schiller
October 31, 2017
Film screening and readings
November 6, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: The Trench: The Somme, 1st July 1916
November 8, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Mata Hari
November 10, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: Paths of Glory
November 11, 2017, 1:00 PM
Film Screening: Sergeant York
November 15, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: All Quiet on the Western Front
November 16, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: The Lighthorsemen
November 17, 2017, 5:00 PM
Food in the Trenches, Veteran Liaison Sam Schiller
November 29, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: The Little American
November 30, 2017, 1:30 PM
Film Screening: 100 Years 1914-2014 World WarI America and the Great War
San Angelo, Texas
Angelo State University
Contact
March 30, 2017
World War I and America, dramatic readings, William A. Taylor, PhD at Stephens Central Library
April 20, 2017
“Texas’s Ethnic Minorities During World War I,” Professors Alex Mendoza and Charles Grear at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark Commissary Building
November 15, 2017
Veterans Roundtable and Theater Students performance at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Stephenville, Texas
Tarleton State University
Contact
November 9, 2017, 7:00 PM
WWI Film Night: A Soldier's Experience, All Quiet on the Western Front
November 10, 2017, 10:00 AM
Remembrance Day Commemoration
November 10, 2017, 12:00 PM
American Experiences of the First World War, Dr. Marcy Tanter, Dr. Mattie Fitch, Dr. Kenyon Zimmer. Lunch provided
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Utah
Brigham City, Utah
Brigham City Library
Contact
December 5, 2016, 7:00 PM
World War I and America Gala Event
January 11, 2017, 7:00 PM
Fort Douglas during World War I, Robert Voyles
January 18, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Back of the Front: Women and World War I, Tammy Proctor, PhD
January 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
America and the Legacy of the First World War, Branden Little, PhD
December 14, 2017, 7:00 PM
American Belligerency, 1917-1918, Branden Little, PhD
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Vermont
Hartland, Vermont
Contact
March 9, 2017, 6:30 PM
World War I and America: Veterans Panel, Michael Heaney
April 13, 2017, 6:30 PM
WW I Book Discussion, Michael Heaney
May 11, 2017, 6:30 PM
The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War, Richard Rubin
September 27, 2017, 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion
October 25, 2017, 6:30 PM
The Last of the Doughboys author presentation, Richard Rubin
November 30, 2017, 6:30 PM
Book discussion, Regeneration by Pat Barker
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Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Events
October 22, 2017, 2:00 PM
READ LOCAL: William Walker's Betrayal at Little Gibraltar, William Walker
October 25, 2017, 7:00 PM
Page to Screen Movie Night, Paths of Glory
October 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
Central Film Series: War Horse (2011)
November 2, 2017, 7:00 PM
Books on Tap, A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
November 5, 2017, 2:00 PM
Veterans and Mental Health presentation, Mitchell Hash Foundation
November 7, 2017, 11:00 AM
WWI and America Book Group, Bob Bjoring
November 13, 2017, 6:00 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
November 15, 2017, 12:00 PM
Books Sandwiched In: review of The Englishman's Daughter: a True Story of Love and Betrayal in WWI by Ben Macintyre
November 17, 2017, 6:00 PM
The Human Side of War: High School Students present their projects produced in partnership with local Vietnam veterans
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
Contact
September 28, 2017, 7:00 PM
The Marines in World War I, National Museum of the Marine Corps prsenting replica uniforms and artifacts
October 3, 2017, 7:00 PM
World War I Reader's Theater - Readings and Discussion
October 3, 2017, 7:00 PM
Voices of the Past: Letters from the Front and from Home
October 17, 7:00 PM
World War I in Literature
October 17, 7:00 PM
The Great War from the Margins: WWI Literature by Women and African Americans, Dr. Mara Scanlon
November 10-11, 2017, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Museum of Valor exhibit
November 11, 2017, 9:45 PM
When Fiction Goes to War: Creating Characters in and after Combat, Steve Watkins
November 11, 2017
Writer's Workshop - Writing about War
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Washington
Turnwater, Washington
Timberland Regional Library
Contact
July 22, 2017
America's Veterans-Washington and War: The Evergreen State in World War I, Lorraine McConaghy
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Washington, DC
Washington, DC
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Contact
March 28, 2017, 7:00-9:00 PM
World War I and America, featuring Elliot Ackerman, Maurice Decaul and Kayla Williams, along with Georgetown University Professor Nicole Rizzuto at the Hill Center at Old Naval Hospital (921 Pennsylvania Ave SE)
January 24, 2018, 12:15 PM
Author Visit to Eastern Senior High School, Kayla Williams, Director of VA's Center for Women's Veterans
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Wisconsin
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
News
November 7, 2017, 6:00 PM
Free Speech in WWI Wisconsin, Professor Tim Schiell at the Chippewa Valley Museum
November 11, 2017, 2:00 PM
Game Design and Memory: Simulating the American WWI Experience, Hans Kishel at McIntyre Library
November 14, 2017, 4:00 PM
WWI and African American Service, Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton
November 16, 2017, 6:00 PM
Of Verse and Valor: The American Experience through Poetry and Prose, Professor B. J. Hollars At the VFW Club 3015
Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Contact
March 15, 2017, 7:00-8:30 PM
Warrior Book Club: Learning to Stay by Erin Cellelo. Featured guest: Erin Cellelo, Author. Event will be held at Madison Public Library-Central Branch (201 W. Mifflin St.)
April 19, 2017, 7:00-8:30 PM
Warrior Book Club: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Event will be held at Madison Public Library-Central Branch (201 W. Mifflin St.)
May 11, 2017, 5:30-7:00 PM
Cocktails with a Curator
May 17, 2017, 7:00-8:30 PM
Warrior Book Club: All That You’ve Seen Here is God, a modern translation of Sophocles' Ajax by Bryan Doerries and readings from the WWI and America Reader. Event will be held at Madison Public Library-Central Branch (201 W. Mifflin St.)
November 19, 2017, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Cocktails with a Curator
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Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
Coe Library, University of Wyoming
Contact
September 11, 2017, 2:00 PM
But I Just Had to Brace Up and Do My Best: Nurses in World War I, Dr. Mary Burman
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Project Director
Max Rudin, Publisher
Library of America
Humanities Advisors
Jennifer D. Keene
Chapman University
Edward G. Lengel
University of Virginia
Michael S. Neiberg
United States Army War College
Chad Williams
Brandeis University
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