2017 Favorite Stories - Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of our 2017 favorite stories in review!June 28, Episode 26 - From 100 Years ago this week : The Red Cross we know today | @ July 5, Episode 27 - From Events - “Ready to Serve” - a one woman show about WWI Nurses - with Ellouise Schoettler | @ July 12, Episode 28 - From Commission News - farewell to Former Commissioner James Nutter with Dan Dayton | @ July 19, episode 29 - 100 Years ago this week - A tale of combat between a merchant ship and a U-boat | @ July 26 Episode 30 - From the Buzz - The Kodak Vest Pocket Camera with Katherine Akey | @ August 30, Episode 35 - From Speaking WWI - Field Day | @ Sept. 27, Episode 39 - from Speaking WWI - OMG.. Really! | @ October 4, episode 40 - From the Great War Project - Ring of Spies in Palestine with Mike Shuster | @ October 18, Episode 42 - From 100 Cities / 100 Memorials the genesis and future of the program  with Ken Clarke | @ November 1, episode 44 - From 100 Years ago this week - Living in NYC? Did a Slacker live in your apartment building 100 years Ago? | @ October 25, Episode 43 - From Commission News - America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC - with Edwin Fountain  | @ November 8 - Episode 45 - From the Great War Project - The Eastern Front Collapses - with Mike Shuster | @ November 15, Episode 46 - From 100 Years ago This week - The Suffragists in WWI | @ December 6, Episode 49 - From the WWrite Blog - German songwriter/soldier found from rediscovering his music | @ IntroWelcome to World War 1 centennial News - Episode #53.This week, the podcast turns one year old. We are so pleased and thankful for the hundreds of thousands of downloads we have received from you, our listeners!For this first anniversary we are going to share PART 2 of our favorite stories and segments from 2017 with you! Like last week, they are presented them in chronological order. This week we are going from mid-summer through to year’s end. We are not going to spend time setting up each piece, but we will tell you the date, the episode and the article title each time - to keep it all in context. WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the US World War One centennial Commission and the commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.Welcome to Part 2 of our 2017 favorite stories in review![music] June 28, Episode 26From 100 Years ago this week : The Red Cross we know todaylink:www.ww1cc.org/bulletinhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2700-ww1-centennial-news-episode-26-6-28-2017.htmlJuly 5, Episode 27From Events - “Ready to Serve” - a one woman show about WWI Nurses - with Ellouise Schoettler link:http://ellouiseschoettler.com/http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2747-ww1-centennial-news-episode-27-7-05-2017.htmlJuly 12, Episode 28From Commission News - farewell to Former Commissioner James Nutter with Dan Daytonlink:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2770-ww1-centennial-news-episode-28-7-12-2017.htmlJuly 19, episode 29100 Years ago this week - A tale of combat between a merchant ship and a U-boatlink:www.ww1cc.org/bulletinhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2903-ww1-centennial-news-episode-29-7-19-2017.htmlJuly 26 Episode 30From the Buzz - The Kodak Vest Pocket Camera with Katherine Akeylink:http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/vest-pocket-kodak-book-107481http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2951-ww1-centennial-news-episode-30-7-26-2017.htmlAugust 30, Episode 35From Speaking WWI - Field Daylink:http://www.theidioms.com/field-day/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/field_dayhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3057-ww1-centennial-news-episode-35-8-30-2017.htmlSept. 27, Episode 39from Speaking WWI - OMG.. Really!link:https://www.wsj.com/article_email/omg-it-started-in-1917-with-a-letter-to-churchill-1504882081-lMyQjAxMTA3OTE4MDAxNzA3Wj/http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/165172940448/first-use-of-omghttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3182-ww1-centennial-news-episode-39-9-27-2017.htmlOctober 4, episode #40From the Great War Project - Ring of Spies in Palestine with Mike Shusterlink:http://greatwarproject.org/2017/10/01/ring-of-spies-in-palestine/http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3206-ww1-centennial-news-episode-40-10-04-2017.htmlOctober 18, Episode 42From 100 Cities / 100 Memorials the genesis and future of the program  with Ken ClarkeLink: www.ww1cc.org/100citieshttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3265-ww1-centennial-news-episode-42-10-18-2017.htmlOctober 25, Episode 43From Commission News - America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC - with Edwin FountainLink: www.ww1cc.org/memorialhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3363-ww1-centennial-news-episode-43-10-25-2017.htmlNovember 1  , episode 44From 100 Years ago this week - Living in NYC? Did a Slacker live in your apartment building 100 years Ago?link:http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0CE3DD113AE433A2575AC2A9669D946696D6CFhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3520-ww1-centennial-news-episode-44-11-01-2017.htmlNovember 8 - Episode 45From the Great War Project - The Eastern Front Collapses - with Mike Shusterlink:http://greatwarproject.org/2017/11/05/the-bolsheviks-seize-power-in-russia/http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3616-ww1-centennial-news-episode-45-11-08-2017.htmlNovember 15, Episode 46From 100 Years ago This week - The Suffragists in WWILink: www.ww1cc.org/bulletinhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3699-ww1-centennial-news-episode-46-11-15-2017.htmlNovember 22, Episode 47From the Groundbreaking of America’s WWI Memorial in Washington DC - General Mark A, Milley, 39th Chief of Staff of the US Army - Link: www.ww1cc.org/memorialhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3719-ww1-centennial-news-episode-47-11-22-2017.htmlDecember 6, Episode 49From the WWrite Blog - German songwriter/soldier found from rediscovering his music @ | link:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/3783-soon-all-too-soon.htmlhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3835-ww1-centennial-news-episode-49-12-06-2017.html OutroThank you for having joined us for part 2 of our WW1 Centennial News favorites segments of 2017.This is the beginning of a crucial year - as we move from the decision to enter the war, and the near manic ramp up to do so, to the true sacrifice and loss of our nation’s precious sons - as we enter the fight -  and as that fighting ceases in November.  WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the US World War 1 Centennial Commission, and our founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.Special thanks to the show’s line producer Katherine Akey, researcher Eric Marr, plus our many wonderful guests, contributors and a rolling team of interns. I’m you host, Theo Mayer. Thank you for listening.The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to--inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms;We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country;and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC.Thank you to the commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. This podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn  on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News, and on Amazon Echo or other Alexa enabled devices. Just say: Alexa: Play W W One Centennial News Podcast. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial.  [MUSIC]So long!