Redmond Historical Society announces November Speaker program

The Redmond Historical Society Saturday Speaker Series is pleased to announce its November program: 

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Washington at War: The Evergreen State in World War I

Redmond Historical Society Saturday Speaker Series

Redmond Senior Center

8703 160^th Ave NE, Redmond WA 98052

$5 suggested donation for non-members

Speakers are subject to change.

For details: www.redmondhistoricalsociety.org       
            

One-hundred years ago in 1917, the US entered The Great War to fight alongside our European allies. But Washington’s homefront experience began long before the country entered the war, and continued afterward.

Led by historian Lorraine McConaghy, the program begins with an illustrated introduction to the war’s themes before offering a “Readers’ Theater”: a script that is read aloud together, allowing participants to speak the history they are discovering. The script includes excerpts from newspapers, diaries, writings, speeches, and correspondence, and is based on extensive research in primary source material focused on the war’s impact on Washington—and how Washington impacted the war.