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44 Days to Go. A Veteran's Day Tribute is Underway. No Ice Buckets Involved

The U.S. World War One Centennial Committee is joining the Veteran's Administration, Arlington National Cemetery, the American Battle Monuments Commission, and a host of public and private organizations to raise awareness for Veterans Day.

The Veterans Day national holiday takes place on November 11th and marks the date of the Armistice which ended the fighting in World War I.

Get on board by using the simple hashtag #CountdownToVeteransDay, and by linking your social media efforts.

"We feel that one day a year is not enough to talk about veterans" said Dan Dayton, Executive Director of the WWI Centennial Commission. "With the countdown, we want all Americans to help us raise awareness of the significance of the day and to find great ways to thank our Vets."

Last week the Pritzker Military Museum and Library (PMML) in Chicago hosted a meeting of representatives from the Upper Midwest Region--that’s Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wisconsin--to talk about organizing in states for the Centennial Commemoration.

If you weren't able to make it, there's a recording of the Livestream broadcast in our video library, that you may find useful as you organize in your state or region.

7 States to Go

State organizations are stepping up to "do their bit." Here's where we are this week:

Telling: KC
From October 15 through October 24, the WW1 Museum will be hosting several performances of Telling: KC. This is part of the Telling Project which works across the country to deepen our understanding of the military and veterans’ experience by putting veterans and military family members in front of their communities to share their stories, giving them the opportunity to speak and communities the opportunity to listen.

The World Remembers
From October 6 through November 11, the WW1 Museum will host The World Remembers. This is an international education project whose purpose is to remember and honor the 9 million combatants (the most in any war at that time) who perished in WW1 by displaying their names in more than 100 locations throughout Europe and North America. For 1915, more than 500,000 names from 12 nations are represented. The WW1 Museum is the only location for the display in the United States.

"In the Know"

On Sunday, Oct. 18, the Museum continues its free In the Know series with Landon Rowland presenting a discussion titled “World War I and the American 'Mandate' in the Middle East and their ISIS Inheritors.”

More information on all the above events can be found on the WW1 Museum events webpage.