Honoring the Memory of Those Who Served in World War I Before the US Entry, 1914-1917
Bicentennial Mall
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.
9:00-9:30 Bicentennial Mall and Amphitheatre:
Opening remarks by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Many-Bears Grinder Taps, U.S. Army National Guard, Sidco Barracks
9:30-4:00 Living History Program at the Bicentennial Mall
10:30 AM. Propaganda: Selling the War and Filling the Ranks
11:30 AM. Out of the 19th Century: Evolution of the American Soldier
12:30. PM. Devil Dogs: The United States Marines
1:30 PM. Gas! Gas! Gas!
2:30. PM. Alvin C. York: America's Greatest Civilian Soldier
3:30 PM. Industrialization and Death in the Great War
4:00 PM. Camp Closes
10:30-4:30 Tennessee Technological University iCube Virtual Reality Demonstrations Tennessee Great War Merchandising
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.