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The Great War: Arkansas In World War I

Lecture/Musical Performance

"Fighting the Great War in Song"

Dr. Michael B. Dougan, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Arkansas State University.

Perfect! War, anti-war, English (Blighty), French, German and even perhaps Italian and Russian songs. The presentation will focus on how songs influenced public opinion. A PowerPoint presentation based partly on the covers of sheet music accompanies the presentation.

Fine Arts Auditorium

April 3, 2018
4:15 - 5:15 pm

Lecture:

“Fighting, Protesting, and Organizing:” African Americans in World War I Arkansas

Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph.D   

James and Wanda Lee Vaughn Endowed Professor of History

Director, A-STATE Digital Press, Arkansas State University

White River Room-Student Union

Book Talk/Signing

Faithful to Our Tasks: Arkansas’s Women and the Great War

Elizabeth Hill

Arkansas based author/scholar will speak to the audience about the impact of World War I in this state from a variety of perspectives. She will speak about her book, Faithful to Our Tasks: Arkansas’s Women and the Great War (2017). She will speak based on some amazing findings from Arkansas’s archives. After the presentation, you will know why you should appreciate you grandmothers and great grandmothers’ contributions.

Elizabeth Hill, Arkansas author

White River Room-Student Union

April 10, 2018
3:00 - 4:00 pm

Lecture:

"Heaven, Hell or Home by Christmas: The Arkansas Great War Letter Project."

Michael Polston, Staff Historian of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

Dean B. Ellis Library 3rd floor (location change 2nd floor, room 201)                                   

April 10, 2018

5:00 -6:00 pm

Lecture:

WWI- The 1,385 sons of Craighead County, Arkansas

Mr. William Danny Honnell, local author, reenactor, genealogist, and historian.

Dean B. Ellis Library, 3rd floor (location change 2nd floor,  room 201)

World War I Memorial Tree planting ceremony

Through a partnership of the Arkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee and the Arkansas Forestry Commission the Dean B. Ellis Library will receive a Willow Oak tree along with some soil from the Meuse-Argonne National Cemetery in France to be added when the tree is planted. to honor the 70, 000 Arkansans, which includes the 1,380 sons of Craighead County that served during the Great War and those that died while in service.  There will be a WWI Memorial Plaque added beside the tree at a later date. Sponsored by Northeast Arkansas Monument Company of Jonesboro, Arkansas. 

322 University Loop Circle