BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170331T000000Z DTEND:20170331T013000Z LOCATION:Sugg Community Room (3rd floor)\, Stephens Central Library (33 W . Beauregard Ave.\, San Angelo\, TX) GEO:31.462149;-100.437989 SUMMARY:Great War Lecture Series: World War I Voices and Veterans Roundta ble DESCRIPTION:Titled "World War I Voices and Veterans Roundtable\," the eve nt will begin at 7 p.m. and is open free to the public. \; Under the direction of the ASU Department of Visual and Performing Arts\, student and veteran volunteers will perform dramatic readings of World War I Era accounts. Invited veterans from more recent conflicts will then discuss t hose century-old sentiments\, along with several topics pertaining to mil itary service. \; The final spring 2017 installment of the Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Series will take place in April: \; 7 p.m. Thursday\, April 20\, Fort Concho: "Texas's Ethnic Minorities Duri ng World War I." Dr. Charles Grear\, professor of history at Central Texa s College\, and Dr. Alex Mendoza\, associate professor of history at the University of North Texas\, will discuss the challenges faced by German-A mericans and Mexican-Americans on the home front as the U.S. waged WWI. 160\; The fall 2017 schedule of events for the lecture series will be announced at a later date. \;This program is part of World War I an d America\, a two-year national initiative of Library of America presente d in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, the National World War I Museum and Memorial\, and other organizations\, with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities. 0\;Any views\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in t his program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment fo r the Humanities. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Titled "World War I Voices and Veterans Roundtable\," the event will begin at 7 p.m. and is open free to the pub lic. \;
Under the direction of the ASU Department of Visual a nd Performing Arts\, student and veteran volunteers will perform dramatic readings of World War I Era accounts. Invited veterans from more recent conflicts will then discuss those century-old sentiments\, along with sev eral topics pertaining to military service. \;
The final spri ng 2017 installment of the Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Ser ies will take place in April: \;
The fall 2017 schedule of events for the lecture series will be announced at a later date.
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This program is part of World Wa r I and America\, a two-year national initiative of Library of America pr esented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Hist ory\, the National World War I Museum and Memorial\, and other organizati ons\, with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanitie s. \;
Any views\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect tho se of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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