Thought I would put this out there for those who play the FWWC on this ladder and any others who might be intersted. This Saturday at 7:30 PM at the WW1 Museum in Kansas City Prof Hew Strachan will be giving a talk and book signing.
I remember that museum from when we had Tillercon II there. An excellent museum. Would be nice to attend but it is a bit far to drive. Thanks for the post Al.
Rick
It's about a 3 hour drive for me so one of my sons and I will be attending. The museum is outstanding and should be an interesting talk.
Yes hopefully we will have another Tillercon one day, I would love to go back to Kansas City. As Rick said, the museum was very nice, but I wasn't able to attend the tour of it last time we went. :(
It will be a real treat for anyone within driving distance of it.
I know that the Tillercon events took a lot of work to pull off. Maybe some day again.
Prof Strachan talked mostly about the upcoming 100th anniversay of the start of WW1 and whether it should be "commemorated" or "celebrated". His story of how Armistice Day/Veteran's Day started out as a celebration but changed into a somber commemoration. I'm sure the WW1 Museum will have plenty of big events planned for 2014 and the following 4 years. Prof Strachan was aked what he thought of the museum and he praised the international aspect of the museum in that it did not concentrate solely on the US involvement - although the US part of the war is covered. I would say that 3/4 of the museum is dedicated to the European part with about 1/4 devoted to the US participation. The Prof is on the chair of the redesign committee of the Imperial War Museum for their WWI anniversaries and he compared the US museum's focus to that of the IWM's which will be heavily British centric. Not a criticism - just the way it is.
My son has already asked if we'll be going to the events in 2014. I plan on attending but I'm sure one will have to make reservations for accomodations well in advance.