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CATEGORIES:Museums and Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:WWI Centennial Exhibition
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DESCRIPTION:Two WWI exhibitions under one roof.  The Virginia Museum of History & C
 ulture has two exhibitions commemorating WWI on display now. \nWW1 America 
 is the largest traveling exhibition about the Great War and the Virginia Mu
 seum of History & Culture is its only scheduled stop on the east coast!
  This exhibition on display from\nFebruary 17 to July 29, 2018, features mo
 re than 100 objects, powerful multimedia presentations, and interactive exp
 eriences. It focuses on the war as a transformational event. Themes such as
  immigration and migration, racial conflict, women’s rights, labor struggle
 s, challenges to civil liberties, and the meaning of citizenship are explor
 ed.\nThe Commonwealth and the Great War on display from February 17 to Nove
 mber 18, 2018, tells the stories of individual Virginians who carried the s
 tate’s proud military tradition to the battlefront during World War I. 100,
 000 of them served; 3,700 died. Many more were injured. Thirty-nine percent
  of the draftees in 1918 were African Americans. Hundreds of Virginia nurse
 s and doctors followed soldiers to Europe. Military facilities established 
 in Virginia became essential centers for the war effort. Thousands labored 
 at home to produce vital war supplies, and families tended “Victory Gardens
 ” and rationed food to “make the world safe for democracy.”\n\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<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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