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 World War I Centennial Commission
to be represented in the 2018 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC
The National Memorial Day Parade is coming up -- Monday, 28 May in Washington, DC. It will be a great day. The parade is huge -- marching bands, flags,
celebrities, veterans from all ages, 300,000 cheering visitors, and TV
cameras that will broadcast the parade across the country. This year, the parade will feature a special tribute to the American
veterans of World War I. This tribute will include several World War
I-era military & support vehicles -- and a parade float with the
U.S. World War I Centennial Commission's volunteers, staff,
Commissioners, and supporters. Broadcast live to over 100 affiliate TV stations around
the entire U.S., and also be live-streamed via Military.com and
other online outlets, this parade is our nation’s largest Memorial Day event, drawing
hundreds of thousands of spectators to the National Mall to pay tribute
to those who have served. Read more about the 2018 National Memorial Day Parade here.
James Reese Europe Concert in NYC
 On June 3, 2018 the public is invited to an outdoor concert and dedication of a WWI Centennial Monument at Epiphany Chapel & Church House in Odenton, MD. In 1918 the Chapel was a home-away-from-home for soldiers and included
“reinforcements to the Chaplains of the colored regiments.” Second-floor
rooms provided overnight accommodations. The Chapel is a National
Register Historic Site featuring a Chaplains’ Peace Garden with bronze
plaques naming 2,929 WWI chaplains, among them 24 rabbis and 108 African
Americans. The museum is staged as in 1918 with bunk beds, original
posters, victrola, trench art, uniforms, and items of everyday life and
culture during WWI. Read more about the dedication here.
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 On the occasion of Memorial Day, and to remember all those who made the
ultimate sacrifice "In Flanders Fields" during World War I, Mr. Geert De
Proost, General Delegate of the Government of Flanders to the USA, will
be hosting the Annual In 'Flanders Fields' Memorial event on May 24,
10am, featuring the East Coast Doughboys Honor Guard. Read more about this annual WWI commemoration event here.
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Episode #71
Highlights:Scouts, Planes and Sculptors
The sculptor and the airplane industry: Gutzon Borglum | @01:40
General compromise - Mike Shuster | @09:15
Marshall’s plan for Cantigny - Dr. Edward Lengel | @13:15
James Reese Europe Tribute Concert - Ron Wasserman | @18:50
WWI Carnegie Council Fellowship program - Dr. Reed Bonadonna | @25:35
A granddaughter's history of the Boy Scouts - Dr. Julie Seton | @31:35
14-18 NOW, UK Centenary Art Commission - Jenny Waldman | @38:00
Speaking WWI: Cup ‘a Joe | @46:05
Dispatch Newsletter highlights | @47:50
The Centennial in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @49:35
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 Claude Choules, the last man alive who had served in both WWI and WWII.
Ever say "I'm too old to start writing?" "Nonsense!" Claude Choules, the last man alive who had served in both WWI and WWII, might say. He published his memoir when he was a mere 108 years old.
This week, WWrite features both his biography and an excerpt from his book The Last of the Last: The Final Survivor of the First World War. Don't miss this post about Choules and his life-long dedication to telling his WWI story.
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 A man is only missing if he is forgotten.
Monday's MIA this week Born December 16 th , 1894, James Lowell Corey received his education at the Virginia Military Academy
and in the cadet program at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to the war he was working for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Louisville, Kentucky, when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on November 29 th , 1917. He received his training at Parris Island, South Carolina, and went overseas in March of 1918. There he was assigned to the 83 rd Company of the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division and saw much action in the heavy fighting that summer at Belleau Wood, and the Chateau Thierry sector, where he was killed on July 19 th , 1918 near the village of Vierzy. His battlefield grave was never found. The American Legion Post in Argos, Indiana is named in his honor.
Can you spare just ten
dollars? Give 'Ten For Them' to Doughboy MIA and help us make a full
accounting of the 4,423 American service personnel still listed as
missing in action from WW1. Make your tax deductible donation now, with
our thanks.
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 U.S. Army “Doughboy” Window Decal: $3.95
An easy and inexpensive way to let the world know what year it is!
Featuring the iconic Doughboy silhouette flanked by
barbed wire so prevalent during WWI, you can proudly display this poignant
reminder of the sacrifices made by U.S. soldiers.
This and many other items are available as Official Merchandise of the United States World War One Centennial.
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Submitted by: Mary Rohrer, Dexter County Historical Project
Harriett Louise Carfrae born in 1879. Harriett Carfrae served in
World War 1 with the Red Cross. The enlistment was in 1917 and the
service was completed in 1920.
Story of Service
Born Ninety miles south of Lake Erie at Norwalk, Ohio on January 10,
1879 to immigrant parents, Harriett Louise Carfrae moved west with her
family to Miami County, Indiana before her first birthday. Her father,
James, was Scottish and worked as a boilermaker for the railroad. Her
mother, Margaret Dillon Carfrae, was Irish, but arrived in the United
States by immigrating first to Canada.
Harriett had curly, dark hair, light eyes and wore round wire
glasses. It can be guessed that she was not very tall from the average
size of others with the same nationality of her parents.
When she was 18, Harriett was part of the leadership of a Christian
youth organization named, The Christian Endeavor, which was involved in
the temperance movement. She was known as Hattie by her friends.
When she turned 21, she moved to St Louis in order to attend the
Baptist Sanitarium Hospital School of Nursing. She graduated with 17
other women in 1903. The school of nursing was a two-year program which
enrolled its first students in 1895, indicating Harriet was part of the
school’s seventh graduating class. At some point, the nursing school
expanded to a three-year program.
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