It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because it is not just about soldiers, it is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. Its about young and old. Its about white and black. So that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. And well explore that story throughout this hour of the washington journal. It is day five of museum week on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan3. Throughout this segment we invite viewers to join us, phone lines split up regionally. 7027482000, and a special line set aside for africanamerican veterans 2027488002. We would love to
Sonia L. (Simoneau) Gravel, 103, passed away peacefully in the early hours of September 1, 2023 in the loving care of her family. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 69 years, Joseph A. Gravel, in 2013.
The Leamington Music Christmas Festival features concerts by Joglaresa on December 7, The York Waits on December 15 and The Carice Singers on December 21.