WW1 Centennial News for August 31, 2018 - Episode #87

The IWW - The Industrial Workers of the World - was suspected of bombing a Chicago federal building on Sept. 5th, 1918

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Highlights: Labor Day 1918

• Labor Day, Unions, Sedition, Bombs, the Babe and Butte  | @ 02:00
• Surging forward on the Western Front - Mike Shuster  | @ 11:45
• Bio Special: Great War Channel - Indy Neidell  | @ 15:55
• Commission News: YourACE program launches  | @ 16:55
• Michigan Commemorates WWI - Dennis Skupinski  | @ 22:50
• Remembering WWI @ the Durham Museum - Jessica Brummer & Emma Sundberg  | @ 29:20
• International Report: Gathering in Verdun  | @ 35:35
• Education: Newsletter Issue #14 “Medicine & Shell Shock” comes out  | @ 37:00
• WW1 WarTech: Thomas Splint  | @ 37:50
• Speaking WW1: “Body Snatchers”  | @ 39:50
• Articles & Posts: Dispatch Newsletter  | @ 41:35
• The Buzz: Selected Centennial Social Media - Katherine Akey  | @ 44:00

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PODCAST NOTES: Guest links and our research

World War One Then

100 Years Ago

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/05/97024579.pdf

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/2708-cubs-red-sox-world-series-in-1918-key-in-u-s-love-affair-with-national-anthem.html

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/behindthebadge/chicago-bombs.html

https://www.iww.org/sv/history/resolutions/Convention_war_1916

https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/unions/iww/1918/0904-defensenews-chicagobomb.pdf

http://time.com/4955623/history-national-anthem-sports-nfl

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1918ws.shtml

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-wrigley-field-national-anthem-20170703-story.html

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/1918_World_Series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth#Boston_Red_Sox_(1914–1919)

Great War Project

http://greatwarproject.org/2018/08/26/continuous-attacks-on-the-western-front/

World War One Now

Commission News

http://ww1cc.org/YourAce

http://ww1cc.org/bells

http://ww1cc.org/film

Updates from the States

www.ww1cc.org/michigan

Remembering Veterans

https://durhammuseum.org/exhibits-collections/current-exhibits/

International Report

http://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/travel/2018/08/25/re-enactors-from-18-nations-gather-at-site-of-world-war-i-battle/

https://www.theeagle.com/news/world/volunteers-re-enact-world-war-i-encampment-in-verdun-france/image_988caf68-09c8-5e4b-8062-6dbb790108fa.html

https://knx1070.radio.com/articles/ap-news/volunteers-re-enact-world-war-i-encampment-verdun-france

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/100-years-later-returning-to-the-western-front-in-france/2018/08/23/84e7053a-9cd7-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f46e9f23f472

Education

www.ww1cc.org/edu

www.ww1cc.org/subscribe

WW1 War Tech

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/thomas-splint/

Speaking WW1

Articles and Posts

http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch

http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html

The Buzz

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/travel/the-52-places-traveler-ypres.html

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Mémoire-Histoire-Aisne-608872762557987/photos/

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