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CATEGORIES:Museums and Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:WWI Centennial Exhibition
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Two WWI exhibitions under one roof.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Virginia Museum of Hi
 story &amp; Culture has two exhibitions commemorating WWI on display now.&n
 bsp;</p><p>WW1 America is the largest traveling exhibition about the Great 
 War and the Virginia Museum of History &amp; Culture is its only scheduled 
 stop on the east coast!&nbsp;This exhibition on display from</p><p>February
  17 to&nbsp;July 29, 2018,&nbsp;features more than 100 objects, powerful mu
 ltimedia presentations, and interactive experiences. It focuses on the war 
 as a transformational event. Themes such as immigration and migration, raci
 al conflict, women’s rights, labor struggles, challenges to civil liberties
 , and the meaning of citizenship are explored.</p><p>The Commonwealth and t
 he Great War on display from February 17 to&nbsp;November 18, 2018,&nbsp;te
 lls the stories of individual Virginians who carried the state’s proud mili
 tary tradition to the battlefront during World War I. 100,000 of them serve
 d; 3,700 died. Many more were injured. Thirty-nine percent of the draftees 
 in 1918 were African Americans. Hundreds of Virginia nurses and doctors fol
 lowed soldiers to Europe. Military facilities established in Virginia becam
 e essential centers for the war effort. Thousands labored at home to produc
 e vital war supplies, and families tended “Victory Gardens” and rationed fo
 od to “make the world safe for democracy.”<strong><br /></strong></p>
CONTACT:tschneider@virginiahistory.org
X-EXTRAINFO:VirginiaHistory.org
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