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I want to remind everybody that todays meeting is on the record. It is also being livestreamed over the internet on cfr. Org so everyone who is watching us by the internet, welcome. Also remember since this is on the record, anything you say can and possibly will be used against you. It is my great pleasure to introduce the three distinguished historians we have with us today to talk about world war i. You all have complete bios so im not going to go through everything our panelists have written over the course of their distinguished careers, but i want to briefly introduce them. We will go fr...

[inaudible conversation] folks, lets get going this morning and please remember if you would to put your phones on do not ring so that were not interrupted during our speakers presentations. My name is ray a pennington, ipg military history at norwich and im very happy to introduce a couple friends of mine this morning. Is Jennifer Keane whose professor of history and state of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. And as you can tell, shes a specialist in the American Military experience in world war i. She is an awardwinning scholar, her books include the gre...

What does this day, memorial day mean to you . Good monday morning on this memorial day. Simple crime. Somebody who died known only to god. This piece dont take the remembrance out of memorial day. Share with you in part what he writes at the hill. Com. What does memorial day mean to you . Is a day off work, time spent grilling with family and friends. A day to grab the hottest discounts on cars and electronics. It seems over the years memorial day has come to represent the luxuries of to society and best sales since president s day. Those who served and the families of those who did not come ...

To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tide of the years long global war bringing it ...

And involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the u. S. Role in the war and its impact. As we open the program, we are joined by the president and ceo of the National World war i museum and memorial matthew nayler. Matt nayler, you have resources in telling the story of world war i, why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont know you can think of the last 100 years particularly in the United States without understanding the impact of world war i. And thats true of countries across the globe. Im an australian and an ame...