2017 Spring Newsletter

VOLUNTEER and VISITOR REPORT October through December 2016 Volunteers 18 Hours 1250 + Betty Bendorf, Patsy Bortner, Jim Bousman, Ber nice Chitwood, Vera Dakin, LuAnne Debrick, Pat Erickson, Colleen Ewan, Nina Gerken, Mildred Haley, Nancy Hart-Kline, Iris Kluber, Larry Lyba SHFS -MPZE 1FDLNBO ć FSFTB 3FBE "OO 3PBSL LeAnne Shields, and Roger Shipman. Two Board Meetings Members in attendance — 14 average at two meetings Hours—24 Several Executive Board Meetings Visitors — 211 States represented —11 California, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas and Wash ington. DECEMBER Christmas Party and celebration honoring Bettie Ore with her 50 years of working at the museum. JANUARY Meeting was canceled due to sickness. Mini Minutes cont.

A Look Down the Road The beginning of the 20th century would bring a dy namic change to the World Order: a change which we are s ll experiencing today. At the beginning, Eu rope was ruled by Monarchical Empires. In order to maintain a balance of power, the European countries formed alliances that established the belligerents at the beginning of the shoo ng war; when the German Kaiser declared war on Russia at 5:00 PM on August 1, 1914. The United States was not a dominated figure in world affairs before 1917. In fact, the U. S. had adopted an isola onist policy. By wars end, the U.S. would be come a world power and the whole world would change forever. To celebrate the centennial of the U.S. entry into WW1, the museum’s staff started by telling the story with the ar cles about the Mexican border and Com pany D’s deployment to the border in 1916. In order to complete the story, the museum’s staff will present the following exhibits at the museum: 2017 April – June The Prelude to WW1 A look at the incidents that drew the U.S. into declaring war on Germany. August – December Miami County Goes to War Gearing up for War and the mobiliza on of Company D 2018 January – June Over There France: Training of Co. D and Miami County men at War

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