News & Events: United States and Canada
Events:
12-14 Sept., 2008. Western Front Association 19th National Seminar.
The event will be held at the
Carlisle Barracks in Carlisle, PA. For more information see:
www.wfa-usa.org/new/news_ev.htm.
7-9 Nov., 2008. Western Front Association New England
- New York Annual Chapter Seminar. The event
will be held at West Point Military Academy in New York State. For more
information see:
www.wfa-usa.org/new/news_ev.htm.
24 Feb.-19 March, 2006. Houston, TX. Journey's End (play)
at The Alley Theatre. The
Houston Chronicle calls this play "A gripping portrait of a group of English
soldiers during World War I's last major German offensive." The original
production premiered in 1929. Previews begin on 24 February. The
play runs from 1-19 March. For ticket information call:
713-228-8421.
23-25 Sept., 2005. Newport News, VA. Annual
National Seminar, The Western Front Association, United States Branch.
For details, look on the WFA USA's website (www.wfa-usa.org)
or email Steve Gehnrich at
scgehnrich@salisbury.edu.
24-25 April, 2005. Los Angeles, CA. America and the Great War,
1914-1920. The 14th Annual Seminar of The Great War Society.
Look on their website or email Sal
Compagno for details: sal00@mindspring.com.
19 March, 2005. Philadelphia, PA. WFA East Coast Chapter Spring
2005 Seminar. Featuring a
naval emphasis, this one-day seminar includes a tour of the USS OLYMPIA, the
ship which brought back the remains of the Unknown Soldier following WWI.
For details, look on the WFA USA's website (www.wfa-usa.org)
or contact coordinator Jeffrey LaMonica at
jeffreylamonica@webtv.net.
11 Nov. 2004 - 31 May, 2005. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda,
MD. Exhibition: "Strange Hells Within the Minds War Made: War
and Trauma in the 20th Century."
"This exhibit shows how shell shock manifested itself during the Great War, the
medical response to it, and its literary heritage."
www.nlm.nih.gov/
13 November, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland. WFA East Coast Chapter
Meeting. This all-day
meeting will include: a panel discussion on Von Schlieffen's Gamble,
discussions of German Picture Postcards, Henry Farre's WWI Aviation Art, the
U.S. Marines at Belleau Wood, and a book discussion on Storm of Steel by Ernst
Junger. For more details contact the webmaster
lavarennes@patmedia.net or WFA
Chapter President, Paul Cora,
pbcora@earthlink.net.
WFA Seminars in the U.S.
Regional chapters of the WFA-USA Branch are held
in various U.S. locations throughout the year.
WFA--US Branch: Welcome Page
News:
WW1 Newspaper Pictorials. The Library of Congress has built a
digital collection of Newspaper Pictorials: World War 1 Rotogravures on
its website.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/. Source:
Stand To! No. 73 of The Western Front Association. (Note: When
checking the link, I could not get into the American Memory section of the LOC's
website. 27 May, 2005.)
Canadian War Memorial Opens. On 8 May, 2005, the new Canadian War Museum opened in Ottawa. Visitors
can get information at:
http://www.warmuseum.ca. Source: Stand To! No. 73 of The Western
Front Association
Liberty Memorial, Kansas City. On Oct. 29, 2004, the U.S. Congress designated the Liberty Memorial in Kansas
City as America's official World War One Museum. The provision was made in
the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill signed into law on that date.
Submitted by Len Shurtleff to Bulletin No. 71 of The Western Front Association.
Stars and Stripes Online. (August 2004):
Long-time friend Stephen Miller reports that the
Library of Congress has placed the WWI issues of Stars and Stripes on the
Internet in down-loadable formats.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html. (Note:
When checking the link, I could not get into the American Memory section of the
LOC's website. 27 May, 2005.)
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