Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Abingdon, VA
Schedule:
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and refreshments
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome from the Commission
9:10 - 10:00 116th Infantry Regiment Foundation, Inc.
Virginia at War: The 116th Infantry Regiment's Contribution
Presented by Dr. Edmund Potter
10:15 - 12:00 Virginia War Memorial and National D-Day Memorial (Joint session)
Presented by Morgan Guyer, John Long, Maggie Mitchell, and Jim Triesler
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
Museum table visits during lunch from 12:45 to 1:30
1:30 - 2:15 Best Practices: WWI & WWII in the classroom
Presented by Jim Triesler, 2007 Regional Teacher of the Year
2:25 - 3:10 Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum
How the Wilsons and a Flock of Sheep Helped Win the War
Presented by Debbie Wilkerson
with Jim Gearhart and Betsy Ely as President and Mrs. Wilson
3:15 - 4:00 Library of Virginia
In Their Own Words: Voices of Virginians from the First World War
Presented by Catherine Wyatt