Saturday, November 07, 2015, 11:00am - 04:30pm

About The Event

Honoring the Memory of Those Who Served in World War I Before the US Entry, 1914-1917

Tennessee State Museum Auditorium

The first centennial event commemorating Tennessee's role in the Great War takes place in three venues on November 7 in Nashville from 9am to 4:30pm.

11:00-4:30 Tennessee State Museum Auditorium
‚Symposium Begins
‚Presentations and Music provided by the Atlantic Ensemble
‚Additional Exhibits and Information
11:00 - Dr. Carole Bucy, “Watching & Waiting While Europe Goes to War: Life in Tennessee 1914-1916”
12:00 - Bob Duncan, “They Also Served: Tennessee Mules in the Mud and Mire of World War I”
1:00 - Dr. Marc McClure, “Lieutenant Kiffin Yates Rockwell of the Lafayette Escadrille: Tennessee’s first hero of the Great War”
2:00 - Pat Gang, “Fighting Under Other Flags: Tennesseans who served in the British, Canadian and French Armies”
3:00 - Dr. Michael Birdwell, “Volunteers All: Tennessee, Tennesseans and the Great War, 1914-1917”

For more information, please visit the TGWC webpage.

Partners for the event: Friends of Warner Parks, Metro Nashville Parks, Nashville Public Library, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Historical Commission, Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee Main Street Program, Tennessee Preservation Trust, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee State Museum, Tennessee State Parks, Tennessee Technological University (TTU), TTU iCube, TTU STEM Center, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Fine Art Gallery.

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Category: Commemoration & Memorial Events