Contact: Lynn Whalen, 786.2219; lynn.whalen@llcc.edu Feb. 11, 2008 SPRINGFIELD – A series of lectures about The Great War and a trip to the national World War I Museum have been announced by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield. The events coincide with the Presidential Library’s ongoing “The Art of War” poster exhibit and Lincoln Land’s World War I trench exhibit and commemoration of the 90th anniversary of America’s entry in World War I on April 6, 1917. The lectures are free and open to the public, and no advance reservations are required. The bus trip to the World War I Museum in Kansas City requires paid reservations. The scheduled lectures include: • “The Tragic Trigger: Background to World War I” presented by Presidential Library historian Mark DePue on Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. • “War in the Trenches: The Tactics of World War I” presented by Lincoln Land professor Chris McDonald on Tuesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln Land Community College’s Trutter Center. • “The Dreadful Shadow: The Legacy of World War I” presented by DePue Tuesday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Presidential Library. The bus trip to Kansas City is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8, and includes tours of the National World War I Museum, the Truman Presidential Library and the Harry S. Truman Home. The bus will depart from the Springfield J.C. Penney parking lot on Dirksen Parkway at 6:30 a.m. on Friday and return late Saturday evening. The cost is $189 per person and includes round trip transportation, hotel accommodations, four meals, and admission to all museums, lectures and exhibits. The deadline to register has been extended to March 5 and space is limited to 53 participants. Register by calling Lincoln Land at (217) 786-2292 and enroll in CEW-120-X01. In addition, the lecture “American Entry into the War” will be presented by DePue at the Museum as part of the trip. Participants may also attend a second presentation at the Museum by Dr. Frank N. Schubert of Washington, D.C. on “Remembering the Buffalo Soldier: Memorials to Black Soldiers.” The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library’s temporary exhibit “The Art of War: Posters in World Conflict” features 195 original posters from the Library’s collections, and is open for free public viewing seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Memorial Day, May 26, 2008. The exhibit will also be viewed before and after the February 19 and March 11 lectures.
Posted on Monday, February 11, 2008
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