Thanksgiving Special - Episode #99

2018-11-24

Highlights: Thanksgiving Special Host: Theo Mayer What are we thankful for on this Thanksgiving? | @ 00:25 How to help build the National WWI Memorial in Washington DC | @ 02:45 Memorial Sculptor Sabin Howard on the sculpture design | @ 06:55 President Wilson’s 1918 Thanksgiving Proclamation | @ 10:50 Commission Executive Director Dan Dayton | @ 15:55 Commission Chairman Terry Hamby | @ 17:25----more---- This week we are asking our listeners to help us build the N...

Highlights: Thanksgiving Special

Host: Theo Mayer

What are we thankful for on this Thanksgiving? | @ 00:25
How to help build the National WWI Memorial in Washington DC | @ 02:45
Memorial Sculptor Sabin Howard on the sculpture design | @ 06:55
President Wilson’s 1918 Thanksgiving Proclamation | @ 10:50
Commission Executive Director Dan Dayton | @ 15:55
Commission Chairman Terry Hamby | @ 17:25----more----

This week we are asking our listeners to help us build the National WWI Memorial in Washington DC. We have a fundraising goal on the episode which people can help us achieve by:

Texting the letters “WWI” to the number 91-999 - When you do that you will get a text right back that provides all the giving instructions.

Text to Give:

Text: “WWI” to 91-999

Memorial information

ww1cc.org/memorial

Thanksgiving Letters

http://herolettersww1.blogspot.com/2009/11/365th-infantry-african-american-wwi_08.html?m=1

https://gazette665.com/2017/11/17/thanksgiving-1918-a-world-war-i-soldier-dreams-of-home/

MENU from AEF 2nd Aviation Instruction Center

http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2013/11/thanksgiving-day-1918.html

DIARY ENTRY

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f2a2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99