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J. Pershing. E and at the centennial began with the 100th anniversary. Did not entertes the war until 1917, a. In 1917ennial kicks off of the there will be a variety of events before. Commemoration, world war i is my much forgotten in this country. The hollywoode news media, the pop rock presence that the news media had. It did not come in the living room the way the other wars did. We are two or three generations who served inle world war i and it was overcome by the Great Depression in world war ii. So although it was a great event in our history, it was superseded by others. Tothis is an op...

Internal history they had written of the u2 spy plane program, written back in the 1970s if i recall correctly. One of the findings was they had gone back and correlated domestic ufo reports with then classified u2 flights and discovered there was an extremely high correlation. [laughter] this is actually true. A lot of the ufos that people were seeing was the sun glinting off u2s but could not the explained at the time. It is a real pleasure to be here. I am flattered by the introduction and by the turnout today. Thank you so much to the Truman Library is to do. Today, we will talk about inte...

Speaker. Edwin fountain is a partner in the Washington Office of the International Law firm jones day. He is the grandson of two world war i veterans. He cofounded the world war i Memorial Foundation. This led to the advocacy of a National World war i memorial on the mall. Of 2013, he was appointed by harry reid to the u. S. World war i centennial commission. He was elected vice chairman of the commission in july of 2014. Mr. Fountain is a graduate of the university of north carolina, the London School of economics, and the university of virginia law school. Mr. Fountain. [applause] thank you,...

Explore the history of espionage during world war i, focusing on four american agencies that participated in spying. Including the u. S. Army. Public library and Truman Library institute cohosted this hourlong event. Thank you for the warm introduction and warm welcome. I was not planning on talking about ufos. When the topic comes up, its irresistible. Recently let me say that in the 1990s the cia declassified a u2 Spy Plane Program written back in the 1970s, if i recall correctly. Thatf the findings was they had carefully gone back and correlated domestic ufo reports with classified u2 fligh...

Public library as well as the speakers series. Thank you for attending. Any of us across the nation and the world are currently observing and commemorating the events of the century ago. Here in kansas city, the library in the National World war i museum have joined forces to organize a Community Read of to world war i classics. All quiet on the western front and the guns of august. I would suggest adding another title to your reading list. One that is a little closer to home relevant to our times, and his author is alive and with us today. Apperson is petra dewitt. She is the author of degree...