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The National Archives presents a day-long symposium about the First World War. Titled "The Guns of August Revisited," authors, archivists, and military historians will gather to discuss recent books and articles relating to records housed at the National Archives relating to World War I. Speakers include Nancy Gentile-Ford, author of Americans All: Foreign Born Soldiers in World War I; James Cooke, author of Billy Mitchell; Lee Kennett, author of First Air War, 1914-1918; Jennifer Keene, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America; and Doug Johnson author of Soissons 1918. They will be joined by archivists Mitch Yockelson and Tim Nenninger, and other guest speakers.
Room 105,National Archives, 7800 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408. For the schedule of events and more information, please call the number below or visit the online calendar of events on our website.
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