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Remembering the Great War: Immigrants
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- May 6, 2018 | 2:00 pm
Join us as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, the Great War. During World War I, there were hundreds of thousands of foreign-born soldiers serving in the U.S. military. Many of these men were not citizens of the U.S. and could not speak or understand English. Yet, they combined with native-born American soldiers to become part of the effective fighting force known as the American Expeditionary Forces. Listen to historian Al Barnes, as he recounts the little-known story of America’s diverse military 100 years ago.