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Events for November 11, 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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COMMEMORATION: WWI VETERAN GRAVESITE FLAG PROGRAM — TRAVIS COUNTY
The Travis County WWI Centennial Committee will honor over 2,200 Travis County WWI veterans by placing USA flags at their gravesites the week before Veteran’s Day. Stop by Austin area cemeteries Nov. 8-14th to recognize the service of the soldiers and nurses...
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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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EXHIBIT: REMEMBER ME — THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT WAR
The North Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration group is planning its second of two WWI exhibits for November 10th, 2018 through February 23, 2019, at the Fort Worth Central Library. This exhibit will concentrate on individual stories of veterans and civilians and how the war affected...
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EVENT: Gillespie County Veterans Day Parade, Concert & BBQ
Date: Nov 11, 2018 Time: 2:00 pm Parade 3:30 pm: WWI Concert 5:00 pm: Veterans BBQ Location: Fredericksburg, TX The 2018 Gillespie County Veterans Day Parade with special Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the ending of WWI. The 2:00 pm...
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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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Ongoing
EVENT: ARMISTICE DAY 1918-2018
The Museum of the American G.l. is proud to host a two-day immersive event commemorating the Centennial of Armistice Day on November 10 & 11, 2018. Special exhibits, both inside and out, will honor the 800 WWI veterans buried in...
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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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8:00 pm
Film Screening: “Sergeant York” – Bryan
“Sgt. York” will play at The Queen Theater in Downtown Bryan.
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WWI Centennial Proclamation — Bryan
Dedication of Mayor’s Proclamation of 1918 and Brazos County Gold Star names markers at the entrance of the Palace Theater in Downtown Bryan.
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WWI MEMORAIL STATUE DEDICATION – Bryan
The Brazos Valley Veteran Memorial will have a dedication of a WWI statue titled “Over the Top” along the Lynn Stuart Pathway at Veterans Park. There are plans to read all County Gold Star and Gold Star Aggie Names at...
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6:00 pm
EVENTS: “Sergeant Stubby” Film Screening – Bryan
“Sgt. Stubby, An American Hero” will play at The Queen Theater in Downtown Bryan. The true story of a stray dog who joins his new master on the battlefields of the First World War. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Stubby is...
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11:00 am
EVENT: Bells of Peace — Bryan
The Bryan-College Station area Bells of Peace commemoration. Event includes the tolling of bell on the lawn the Clara Mounce Library Bryan, which was the original bell that tolled at 4:30am on Nov. 11, 1918 announcing the Armistice. Sponsored by...
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10:30 am
Remembrance Day Service of Morning
The Chapel of the Cross will hold a Remembrance Day service of Morning Prayer to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War (1918-2018). We will honor the fallen from all wars, and pay tribute to...
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10:00 am
Remembrance on Veterans Day / Centennial of the World War I / Bells of Peace
Remembrance on Veterans Day to honor the Centennial of the World War I Armistice with Bells of Peace at the Taylor County History Center Buffalo Gap, Texas (November 3, 2018) – The Taylor County History Center is pleased to announce its participation in Bells...
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3:30 pm
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Voices of Peace
Falling on the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day, this concert by the San Antonio Choral Society will pay tribute to the end of WWI. The idealistic hope of the "Great War" was that it would lead to lasting world peace;...
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1:00 pm
LCC Fast and Classic Car Show — Austin Veterans Day Parade
The show begins immediately following the Austin Veterans Day Parade. The organization offers rides in the Austin Veterans Day Parade for WWII and Korean veterans, and to purple heart recipients from the Vietnam War. Since 1973, the Longhorn Corvette Club has held many car...
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9:00 am
Austin Veterans Day Parade & Memorial Ceremony
The 2018 parade will be held on Sunday, November 11. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. Our theme this year is...
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11:00 am
Veterans Day Ceremony at UT-Austin
A solemn ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice declaring an end to the hostilities of the “Great War” will be conducted at 11:00AM on November 11th, 2018 at the Frank Denius Veterans Memorial Plaza...
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10:45 am
REMEMBRANCE AND BELL TOLLING — ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY
To mark the WWI Armistice Centennial and Veteran's Day St. Mary’s University history department will hold a brief ceremony on November 11th, 2018 from 10:45 AM to 11:15 AM. The ceremony will include a prayer, a speech remembering those who served in WWI...
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11:00 am
BELLS OF PEACE: COMMEMORATING THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH
https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/2018/07/07/bells-peace-world-war-remembrance/
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COMMEMORATION: ROCKWALL COUNTY
Terry Fisher American Legion Post 117 and Rockwall County Historical Commission will host a commemorative event November 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm located at Veterans Wall, 1111 East Yellowjacket Lane, Rockwall, TX 75087. During the ceremony a bronze plaque with names of...
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