Highlights: 4th of July, 1919

Episode #129

Host - Theo Mayer

• 4th of July, 1919 - Host |@ 02:05
• Extra Extra: The Treaty is signed - Mike Shuster |@ 08:40
• The WWrite Blog - Dr. Jennifer Orth-Veillon |@ 14:00
• Bladensburg Peace Cross - Host |@ 25:50
• Articles & Posts - Host |@ 31:15

World War I - THEN

100 Years Ago This Week

First July 4th post- Armistice - Host

Special Report by David Kramer

“A Champion is Born,” Toledo Blade, June 26, 2019

https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/monday-memories/2016/07/04/A-champion-is-born/stories/20160703203 

 

“Plans Completed to Make Tomorrow ‘Greatest Fourth,’” Washington Herald, July 3, 1919

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1919-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=06%2F25%2F1919&index=2&date2=07%2F05%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=1&words=4+July+th&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=July+4th&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 

 

“All Ready, Folks, for a Victory 4th!,” The Seattle Star,

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1919-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/ 

The Great War Project

EXTRA EXTRA The Germans Capitulate - Mike Shuster

http://ww1cc.org/cn 

http://greatwarproject.org/2019/06/16/extra-extra-the-germans-capitulate/

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6347-ww1-centennial-news-episode-128-06-21-19.html

World War I - NOW

Spotlight on the Media

Commemorating the WWrite Blog - Jennifer Orth-Veillon

http://ww1cc.org/wwrite 

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/jennifer-orth-veillon-phd.html

https://www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2018/11/an-interview-with-jennifer-orth-veillon-curator-of-the-wwi-centennial-blog-by-andria-williams/

Remembering Veterans

Supreme Court Ruling on the Bladensburg “Peace Cross”

Marimow, Ann E. and Ruane, Michael E., “A World War I Cross Under Siege, The Washington Post, September 21, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/maryland-peace-cross/

deVogue, Ariane and Stracqualursi, Veronica, “Supreme Court Rules ‘Peace Cross’ in Maryland Can Remain,” CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/supreme-court-maryland-world-war-i-memorial-cross/index.html 

Articles and Posts

Highlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

http://ww1cc.org/dispatch  

 

Sponsors:

The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Starr Foundation

The Doughboy Foundation

Production:

Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo

Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

Special segment host:

Mike Shuster

Interview Editing

Mac Nelsen
Tim Crowe

Research and support: JL Michaud