Anyone attending the june 1 WFA event in Baltimore?

[ebeeby]

From my inbox:

Dear American Members of The Western Front Association,



Last month I was fortunate to attend the International Centennial Conference at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City to represent The Western Front Association. This gathering was attended by some 120 individuals from across the United States as well as Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for three days of networking, presentations and panel discussions on plans and preparations for the upcoming centenary of The Great War. This is an exciting time for the study and remembrance of World War 1 and I will be pleased to give a report on the various plans and programs presented at this Conference during the upcoming Spring 2013 Symposium in World War I History.



So far we have had quite a few registrations and I am looking forward to seeing many of you in Baltimore on Saturday 1 June. For the convenience of anyone who would like to register for the Symposium but hasn’t done so yet, I am attaching the announcement flyer and registration form.



Among the exciting developments related to the coming centenary of WW1 is a WFA initiative here in the United States called The World War 1 Centennial Network. This project is a cooperative alliance of American organizations, museums and historic sites related to the First World War for the purposes of cross-promoting our various WW1 programs, as well as boosting public interest in centenary of The Great War. WFA East Coast is the founding organization behind this project and the development of the collective website for the Network has been funded by the WFA in keeping with its core mission of furthering public interest in the period 1914-1918. Please feel free to visit the World War 1 Centennial Network here: http://www.ww1-centennial.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



We will have lots of exciting developments to discuss, as well as a terrific battery of speakers, door prizes, displays, an out-of-print WW1 book sale, and much more at the upcoming Symposium in Baltimore - I look forward to see you there !



All the best,



Paul

 

[joerookery]

I would love to. I have spoken there before however, that is a long long drive. The document that came out of the Centennial meeting is absolutely astonishing to me. Things are really warming up! Some of the things are really pleasing as there are two symposium that will be going on at the Museum. In September, the GSA is having a huge world war one thing. Not normally their Forte but they have the most amazing group of speakers/authors I have ever seen assembled. In addition, in November the WW1HA is having their annual meeting there. They have Holger Herwig and others speaking.

I do not know why there is some disagreement between the West Coast WW1HA and Paul Cora's East Coast WFA. I certainly do not wish to be anywhere near the middle. But they do not seem to be working together.

On a smaller and closer note the Southwest chapter of the WW1HA is having a meeting near San Antonio on eight June:


MORNING AGENDA

8:30 – Religious Pacifism and The Great War
Michael Lawrence-Weden
9:30 – An Ornery Texan: Pvt. Paul Luckenbach’s Anti-
Military Letters
Rebecca Lawrence-Weden
10:30 – Coffee Break
11:00 – Burying the Dead, A Pastor’s Diary From the
Great War
Dr. David Beer

12: 00 – Lunch, On your Own



AFTERNOON AGENDA

1:30 – France on Fragile Wings, A Libertyman’s
Adventure 1917 – 1919 in the Aero Squadron,
AEF
William Stine

2:30 – HHK Problems – Imperial German Cavalry
Issues in 1914
Joseph Robinson


if you are not associated with this group and would like to be, I would just send an email to Michael Kihntopf <[email protected]>