WW1 Centennial News: Episode #44 - US naval war of 1917 | Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay | The Balfour Declaration | Veterans Day | 100C/100M Riverside, IL | and more..

Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The US naval war of 1917 | @01:10</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay with Steve Bunker & Carrie Villar | @07:35 </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Living in NYC? Did a “Slacker” live in your apartment 100 years ago? | @14:55</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Balfour Declaration - Promise of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine with Mike Shuster | @17:15</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The worldwide history of Veterans Day | @22:05</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Ceremonial Groundbreaking for America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC | @24:10</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Veterans Day Events | @24:30</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking WWI… “Scrounge” | @28:00</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">100C/100M in Riverside IL with Joseph Baar Topinka | @29:30</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">International Report - Notre Dame Projection spectacular and documentary premiere | @36:20</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Falling back to Daylight Standard Time - Blame the Kaiser | @37:35</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Buzz in Social Media | @39:35<a id="more-8006068"></a> </li> </ul><h1>Opening</h1> Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. Today is November 1st, 2017 and our guests this week are: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Steve Bunker of the Friends of Mallows Bay and Carrie Villar curator for the Ghosts of Mallows Bay exhibit at Woodrow Wilson House</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster from the great war project blog, </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">And Joseph Baar Topinka, Post Commander at American Legion Post 0488 in Riverside, Illinois. </li> </ul> WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show. [MUSIC] <h1>World War One THEN </h1> <h2>100 Year Ago This Week</h2> [MUSIC TRANSITION] Today, we are looking at the war on the water. The Atlantic Ocean was a major factor in the war 100 years ago. It wasn’t just a military battleground but an important strategic pivot. Ships and mastery of the seas had been key factors in national strength for centuries. Fleets and armadas the stuff of legends... but the conflict on the seas during WW1 is unique and comes down to a life and death struggle between the need to move goods, materiel and men versus the threat of small,

WW1 Centennial News: Episode #44 - US naval war of 1917 | Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay | The Balfour Declaration | Veterans Day | 100C/100M Riverside, IL | and more..

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