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Events for November 5, 2018
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EXHIBIT: “Black Warriors of WWI Featuring the Harlem Hellfighters”
The free exhibit is open Nov. 5 – Nov. 16 from 9am-6p in the People's Gallery at Austin City Hall. Exhibit highlights: - World Premiere of new art by internationally acclaimed artist Ted Ellis - Harlem Hellfighter art display by...
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EXHIBIT– WWI Artifacts: Courthouse Museum, Rockwall County Courthouse
At the Courthouse Museum in the “new” Rockwall County Courthouse (1111 East Yellow Jacket Ln. Rockwall, TX 75087) . The exhibit includes a collection of Trench Art, Gold Star Memorial photographs, Joan of Arc Saves France poster, and other WWI artifacts....
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EXHIBIT — No Man’s Land: East Texas African Americans in WWI
No Man’s Land: East Texas African Americans in WWI will be traveling throughout Texas over the two-year centennial period (2017-2019). Come walk among the eleven thousand veteran names on display and learn their stories: men who died in combat, served as...
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EXHIBIT — The War Illustrated: Scenes from the Great War
A temporary World War I commemorative exhibit titled, “The War Illustrated: Scenes from the Great War,” will be exhibited aboard Battleship March 1, 2018 to December 1, 2018. This exhibit, created in collaboration with the University of Sheffield, tells the...
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EVENT: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WWI COMMEMORATION / SPORTING EVENTS
Plans are being made for a WWI commemoration as big as Texas on November 3rd and 7th at the University of Texas WWI Memorial at Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium and Veterans Memorial Park. The stadium, by the way, is the...
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Poppies & Progress: WWI & Beyond 1917-1923
The war to end all wars sent shock-waves through the country causing lasting societal upheavals, many of which are reflected in Williamson County. Experience the stories of local war heroes, suffragettes, and crusaders for justice in this exhibit that explores...
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EXHIBIT: WWI at the Amarillo Federal Building
The Great War, or World War I, had an impact at home, not only during wartime, but for years to come. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) will feature a special exhibit of WWI artifacts from its collection at the historic Federal Building...
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EXHIBIT — Into the Raging Storm: Texas and Washington County in the Great War
Into the Raging Storm: Texas and Washington County in the Great War Experience the story of the fighting men and women of Washington County, who left Central Texas for the war-torn trenches and battlefields of France. They stood up to...
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EXHIBIT: Fayette County in the Great War
The Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives in La Grange has an exhibit, “Fayette County in the Great War,” that will be up through November 2018. We have uniforms, letters, official paperwork, souvenirs, red cross items, many photographs, and research materials...
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Texas and Collin County WWI Centennial Commemoration
The museum exhibit will provide an overview of World War I, with special focus on different aspects and outcomes encountered by the United States during their involvement in the Great War. Visitors will be provided an iPad with apps preloaded...
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