Liberty. The United States entered world war i on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. The conflict was already in its third year. More than four million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform, and the influx of manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to a close in 18 months. Next, we travel to kansas city to learn about the National World war i museum and memorial, bit to preserve the history of what was then called the great war. And to honor the americans who served. Im president and ceo here at the National World war i museum and memorial. Really, this memorial and museum is such an image on the kansas city skyline, and what a great story goes with that. It was in 1919, soon after the november 1918 armistice that a group of Business Leaders gathered and said, m lets do something to honor the war dead of kansas city and create a tribute to peace. What you see behind me is the outcome of that. A Fundraising Campaign that lasted only
Museum for the history of world war i. It is a global museum. We talk about all of the belligerents that were involved in world war i. It is not just about the United States during the war, but everything from the summer of 1914 to the peace treaty of june 1919. Our collection is the most comprehensive collection of world war i materials in the world. It is not the largest, but it is comprehensive in that we do deal with all nations that were involved in the war. Were not just centric to the country that were located in. In the museum when youre going through the exhibitions you see about 10 of the Museum Collection at any one time. The rest we use for research, for references, for loans to other institutions, and just to make sure that we have an encyclopedic collection of the war. When we are teaching about the history of it we want to cover everything from point a to point z. Where im standing right now is in front of a wall that depicts the various Shoulder Sleeve Insignia worn by
Liberty. The United States entered world war i on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. The conflict was already in its third year. More than four million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform, and the influx of manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to a close in 18 months. Next, we travel to kansas city to learn about the National World war i museum and memorial, bit to preserve the history of what was then called the great war. And to honor the americans who served. Im president and ceo here at the National World war i museum and memorial. Really, this memorial and museum is such an image on the kansas city skyline, and what a great story goes with that. It was in 1919, soon after the november 1918 armistice that a group of Business Leaders gathered and said, m lets do something to honor the war dead of kansas city and create a tribute to peace. What you see behind me is the outcome of that. A Fundraising Campaign that lasted only
Museum for the history of world war i. It is a global museum. We talk about all of the belligerents that were involved in world war i. It is not just about the United States during the war, but everything from the summer of 1914 to the peace treaty of june 1919. Our collection is the most comprehensive collection of world war i materials in the world. It is not the largest, but it is comprehensive in that we do deal with all nations that were involved in the war. Were not just centric to the country that were located in. In the museum when youre going through the exhibitions you see about 10 of the Museum Collection at any one time. The rest we use for research, for references, for loans to other institutions, and just to make sure that we have an encyclopedic collection of the war. When we are teaching about the history of it we want to cover everything from point a to point z. Where im standing right now is in front of a wall that depicts the various Shoulder Sleeve Insignia worn by
Liberty. The United States entered world war i on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. The conflict was already in its third year. More than four million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform, and the influx of manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to a close in 18 months. Next, we travel to kansas city to learn about the National World war i museum and memorial, bit to preserve the history of what was then called the great war. And to honor the americans who served. Im president and ceo here at the National World war i museum and memorial. Really, this memorial and museum is such an image on the kansas city skyline, and what a great story goes with that. It was in 1919, soon after the november 1918 armistice that a group of Business Leaders gathered and said, m lets do something to honor the war dead of kansas city and create a tribute to peace. What you see behind me is the outcome of that. A Fundraising Campaign that lasted only