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CATEGORIES:Performances & Creative Exhibition
CREATED:19691231T190000
SUMMARY:North Carolina and World War I
LOCATION:206
DESCRIPTION:This interactive multimedia exhibit will commemorate the centennial of US e
 ntry into World War I and focus on North Carolina’s role in the War to End 
 All Wars on the western front in France and Belgium. Visitors will experien
 ce a re-created trench warfare environment to discover what life was like f
 or Tar Heel soldiers.\nThe 6,500-square-foot exhibition will highlight appr
 oximately 500 artifacts, period photography, a trench diorama, historical f
 ilm footage, educational interactive components, and video re-enactments th
 at feature European and North Carolina soldiers and citizens to relate the 
 stories of ordinary men and women from North Carolina who provided extraord
 inary service to their country 100 years ago.\nOn Saturday, April 8, 2017, 
 a large event commemorating World War I and the exhibit will take place in 
 downtown Raleigh. The day will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the W
 orld War I section of the North Carolina Veterans Memorial on the State Cap
 itol grounds. Afterward, a ribbon-cutting will officially open North Caroli
 na and World War I at the N.C. Museum of History. The opening will be follo
 wed by presentations and activities. More details will be posted as they de
 velop.\nNorth Carolina and World War I is part of a statewide initiative by
  the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Many other World Wa
 r I programs will be taking place in 2017 and 2018.\nFor more information, 
 please visit http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/ (http://www.ncmuseumofhistor
 y.org/)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This interactive multimedia exhibit will commemorate the centennial of U
 S entry into World War I and focus on North Carolina’s role in the War to E
 nd All Wars on the western front in France and Belgium. Visitors will exper
 ience a re-created trench warfare environment to discover what life was lik
 e for Tar Heel soldiers.</p><p>The 6,500-square-foot exhibition will highli
 ght approximately 500 artifacts, period photography, a trench diorama, hist
 orical film footage, educational interactive components, and video re-enact
 ments that feature European and North Carolina soldiers and citizens to rel
 ate the stories of ordinary men and women from North Carolina who provided 
 extraordinary service to their country 100 years ago.</p><p>On Saturday, Ap
 ril 8, 2017, a large event commemorating World War I and the exhibit will t
 ake place in downtown Raleigh. The day will begin with a wreath-laying cere
 mony at the World War I section of the North Carolina Veterans Memorial on 
 the State Capitol grounds. Afterward, a ribbon-cutting will officially open
  North Carolina and World War I at the N.C. Museum of History. The opening 
 will be followed by presentations and activities. More details will be post
 ed as they develop.</p><p>North Carolina and World War I is part of a state
 wide initiative by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. M
 any other World War I programs will be taking place in 2017 and 2018.</p><p
 >For more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ncmuseumofhist
 ory.org/">http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/</a></p>
CONTACT:Marcie.Gordon@NCDCR.gov
DTSTAMP:20250521T062103
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20170409
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