Peters Township library planning WWI events
Peters Township Public Library, in partnership with VFW Memorial Park Post 764 and the Veterans Breakfast Club, will mark the 100th anniversary of the American entry into World War I with an evening full of activities.
A commemorative kick-off event will begin at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 3 and will feature “Over There: The Music of WWI in America,” presented by Val Williams, with the Abbey Players and accompanied by Lynne Spatafore.
At 7 p.m., Dr. Michael Neiberg will discuss “America’s Road to War, 1914-1917.” Neiberg is the inaugural chairman of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College.
At 8:30 p.m., the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s “World War I and America Centennial Exhibit” will open. The exhibit will be on display in the library’s main lobby through Aug. 24.
Registration is required online at www.ptlibrary.org/events or by calling 724-941-9430, ext. 1.
World War I and America is a two-year initiative by the Library of America, presented in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the National World War I Museum and Memorial and other organizations, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.