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Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
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Staged Reading: The Experience of War
Dates: 06:30pm
Naim Shaw, actor, and Janna Williams, USAF veteran and Coordinator of the Union County Office of the Veteran Success Center, will read selections from World War I and America, and introduce the evening’s film.
The readings will be followed by a screening of the documentary film Thank You for Your Service (I hour, 28 minutes) at 7:30 pm.
No registration is needed.
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
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Documentary Screening: Thank You for YOUR Service
Dates: 07:30pm
This documentary by Tom Donahue takes aim at the failed mental health policies within the U.S. military and their tragic consequences. The screening follows the 6:30 pm staged readings of "The Experience of War," led by Janna Williams, USAF veteran, and Naim Shaw, actor.
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
758
,
Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
,
Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 03:00pm
Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309
,
Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts.
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
,
Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 03:00pm
Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309
,
Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts.
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
A Year in the Trenches
Dates: 08:00pm - 10:00pm
A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017! The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
263
,
Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
,
Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 03:00pm
Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309
,
Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts.
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
A Year in the Trenches
Dates: 08:00pm - 10:00pm
A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017! The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
263
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All Quiet on the Western Front: Film and Discussion
Dates: 12:00am - 03:00pm
We will show movies about World War I each Friday in October. For our first film, we will show “All Quiet on the Western Front.” USMC veteran Michael Spataro will lead a discussion immediately following the screening.
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
758
,
Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
,
Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 03:00pm
Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309
,
Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts.
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
A Year in the Trenches
Dates: 08:00pm - 10:00pm
A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017! The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
263
,
Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: 09:00am - 04:45pm
On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war.
Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130
,
Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: 09:00am - 05:00pm
“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University.
This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections. It’s well worth seeing! It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year.
For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455
,
Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 03:00pm
Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309
,
Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts.
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674
,
World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: 02:00pm - 07:00pm
The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort.
During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe.
In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
185
,
A Year in the Trenches
Dates: 08:00pm - 10:00pm
A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017! The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
263
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