United States Branch
19th Annual National Seminar
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Weekend of September 12-14, 2008

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You Are Invited!

The Western Front Association-US Branch Annual National Seminar will be held at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 12-14 September 2008. All programs will be held on the campus of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (AHEC) at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

A block of rooms has been reserved for seminar attendees at the Hotel Carlisle, a four-mile drive from the seminar site, easily accessible via both Interstate Route 81 and U.S. Route 11, north of Carlisle. The group rate of $75.00 per night includes continental breakfasts Saturday and Sunday. All hotel rooms are on the first floor; a full bar and dining room are also available, as are a wide variety of other restaurants nearby. A complete overview of the hotel's services is available on its website www.hotelcarlisle.com. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-692-7315 or 717-243-1717. Be sure to identify yourself as a member of the Western Front Association to receive the group rate.

Flying into Baltimore-Washington [BWI] or Dulles International [IAD] and renting a car is quite feasible, as both airports are within a two-hour drive of Carlisle. Harrisburg International Airport [MDT] is the major airport servicing central Pennsylvania, and is about a forty-five minute drive from the conference hotel.

Pre-registration information, including seminar cost, which will be comparable to last year at Newport, will be mailed to the membership in early summer. Registration will be held at Ridgway Hall on the AHEC campus from 4:00-6:00 on Friday 12 September.

Louise Arnold-Friend,
Seminar Coordinator

Two Sergeants of the AEF

Our Program

Friday Evening, 12 September

Dinner is tentatively scheduled on campus.: AHEC staff will have presentations on special WWI exhibits both in the building and adjacent reconstructed WWI trench and pillbox sites.

Saturday, 13 September

COL Robert J. Dalessandro & Mr. Michael G. Knapp [AHEC Director & Collection Manager]: "Forging the Force: Organizing and Preparing the AEF for Overseas Duty"
Dr. Jennifer D. Keene [Professor, Chapman University]: "Fighting on Two Fronts - Black Americans in Uniform"
Dr. Nancy Gentile Ford [Professor, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]: "Americans All! Foreign-Born Soldiers in WWI"
Mr. Stephen L. Harris [Author/historian]: "Irish by Association, Irish by Adoption, Irish by Conviction: The Fighting 69th Changes Its Color From Green to Rainbow."
Dr. Marion Pinsdorff [Independent scholar/author]: "The Great War Touches Hawaii"
Mr. Jay Graybeal [Army Heritage Museum Chief Curator]: "'Us Sailors Never Reach France Cause!': The U. S. Naval Reserve Flying Corps in France"

Three Medal of Honor Recipients of the 27th, New York, Division
Cpl Alan Eggers, Sgt. John Latham, and Sgt Reider Waaler

Saturday Evening, 13 September

Buffet Dinner at the Allenberry Resort Inn in nearby Boiling Springs, PA. Speaker TBA.

Sunday, 14 September

Dr. Douglas V. Johnson [Professor, US Army War College]: "Americans at the Battle of Soissons"
Dr. Mitch Yockelson [National Archives and Records Administration]: "Borrowed Soldiers: The Anglo-American Relationship in World War I"
Dr. Ed Lengel [Professor, University of Virginia]: "America's Experience in the Meuse-Argonne"

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Updated: March 28, 2008

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