Today on the program, we look back one hundred years to the public health effects of World War I and the influenza pandemic of 1918 with Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, curator of the Staggering Losses exhibit at UW–Madison’s Ebling Library for the Health Sciences. Due to additional interest, the exhibit has been extended through Sunday, April 5, […]
Special Show Nov 12 Commemorates Polish Independence After WWI
November 11, 2018 marks centenary of Poland’s Independence after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe as a result of being partitioned by its neighbors: Russia, Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poland regained independence through a long, persistent fight (including several Uprisings) and the steadfastness of the Polish people maintaining their culture, language, pride, customs, and beliefs despite living […]
Reclaiming Armistice Day: Veterans For Peace Present The True Meaning ...
“Reclaiming Armistice Day”: To interview veterans, play relevant music, read poetry of WW I, and discuss the true/original history/ meaning of Armistice Day. Veterans for Peace are troubled by the way Americans observe Veterans Day on November 11th “It was originally called Armistice Day, and established by Congress in 1926 to “perpetuate peace through good […]