WW1 Centennial News: Episode #41 - The kids & WWI | Building Bombers | DHS commemorates | Speaking WWI “Cushie” | Lost Sketchbooks | Roll of Honor | 100C/100M Trafford, PA and more…
Summary: <br> Highlights<br> <br> America’s youth goes to war |@01:20<br> Russia stalls - Germany attacks -Mike Shuster |@08:30<br> Building the DH-4 bomber |@11:55<br> WW1 Commemoration flags for Veterans Day |@15:15<br> DHS and WW1 - Allison Finkelstein and Zack Wilske |@16:05<br> “World War 100” and “1917: America Joins The Fight” symposia |@23:30<br> Speaking WW1 - Cushie! |@25:40<br> 100C/100M in Trafford, PA - Andrew Capets |@27:00<br> WW1CC.org/edu goes live |@32:20<br> The Lost Sketchbooks - Rex Passion |@33:10<br> Roll of Honor Foundation - Jerry Michaud |@39:40<br> WWrite Blog: “God Armeth the Patriot” |@46:00<br> <br> <br> Opening<br> 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.<br> Today is October 11th, 2017 and our guests this week are:<br> <br> Mike Shuster from the great war project blog, <br> Allison S. Finkelstein (STEEN) and Zack Wilske from the USCIS History Office and Library<br> Andrew Capets from the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials project in Trafford, Pennsylvania <br> Rex Passion, author of the WW1 book and now website - The Lost Sketchbooks<br> And Jerry Michaud Executive Director of the Roll of Honor Foundation<br> <br> 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.<br> Our theme this week is going to focus on the youth of America - how young people were folded into the war effort THEN - 100 years ago and we also want to tell you more about our current education initiatives about ‘The War That Changed The World” today in our WW1 Centennial News NOW section.<br> In an article "WWI: Support from the home front” written by Richard Zuber - a North Carolinian historian, Zuber helps to frame the issue:<br> When most people hear the word war they think of soldiers and sailors, guns and battles, death and destruction. Those are all part of war, but historians also study everything and everyone affected by conflicts. This is especially true of what military historians call a “total war”. <br> In discussing how women and even the elderly aided in the total war effort in 1917, Zuber notes:<br> Children worked just as hard as the adults and contributed a great deal. Boy Scouts participated in patriotic rallies and the Liberty Loan drives. The Woodcraft Girls distributed food pledge cards and enrolled as “Potatriots” entering a competition for growing the largest potato crop. The Camp Fire Girls baby-sat for women working in war plants and helped the Red Cross roll bandages and make dressings for wounds. Girl Scouts were involved in all those activities and sold war bonds, made scrapbooks for hospitals, and wrapped Christmas packages for soldiers.<br> With that as a setup, let’s jump into the wayback machine to see what was happening for America’s youth and education 100 years ago this week.<br> World War One THEN <br> 100 Year Ago This Week<br> [MUSIC TRANSITION]<br> Welcome to 1917 It’s the second week of October and the Wilson administration - offers several articles this week in it’s Official Bulletin - about education and teaching patriotism to the youth of America.<br> [SOUND EFFECT]<br> Dateline October 9, 1917<br> Headline: Influence of the War on Teaching History!<br> The article tries to frame America’s entry into the war in terms that teachers might impart. In the article - which is speaking to the teachers - the US Bureau of Educations states:<br> The Nation has finally been drawn into the great War - a war that demands for its successful prosecution not only efficient and courageous service in the Army and Navy but also the loyal cooperation of millions of men and women who are not enrolled in the fightin
