WW1 Centennial News: Episode #39 - Food | Those Draftin’ Blues | Terry Hamby new Chair | First 50 “WWI Centennial Memorial” | Mayor Ann Roth | Author Christy Leskovar and more…

Highlights

Food Will Win The War |@01:15

Anti-war sentiment and the IWW Union - Mike Shuster |@05:35

“Those Draftin’ Blues” Maceo Pinkard timely tune |@10:00

Terry Hamby elected Chair of the US WW1 Centennial Commission |@12:50

US Mint to introduce their memorial coin design |@14:00

Re-dedication of the Bernado Cardeens Baseball Field in RI |@14:40

Speaking WWI - OMG! Really!? |@16:15

100C/100M First 50 “WWI Centennial Memorials” announced |@17:40

100C/100M Project Profile - Swanton, OH with Mayor Ann Roth |@18:45

Researching Stories of Service with author Christy Leskovar |@24:00

Underwater Archeology - The WW1 Cruiser the USN San Diego |@29:30

WWrite Blog - Poet James Seamon Cotter Jr. by Connie Ruzich |@31:00

A BIG BUZZ this month |@32:00  

Opening

Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.

Today is September 27th, 2017 and our guests this week are:

Mike Shuster from the great war project blog,   

Mayor Ann Roth from the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials project in Swanton, Ohio

And Christy Leskovar, author of One Night in a Bad Inn and Finding the Bad Inn

WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.

World War One THEN

100 Year Ago This Week

[MUSIC TRANSITION]

We’ve gone back in time 100 years to explore the war that changed the world! It’s the last week of September 1917, let’s take a look at what happened this month:

The pages of the Official Bulletin are overflowing with articles about food, the food administration, and their impact on the war effort, with articles about food appearing every day this month. Here are a few of note:

[SOUND EFFECT]

Dateline: September 12th, 1917

Headline: Government not to seize food supplies held in homes

<span style="font-weight