Wednesday is the registration deadline for the WWI Military History Symposium on November 15, from 9:30am-4:30pm, at the SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum. For more information and to register, visit www.crr.sc.gov/events/ww1 or contact Sarah Wooton Garrod at swooton@crr.sc.gov or 803.737.8095.
Guest speakers include Les Jensen, with the US Military Academy, Dr. Mitch Yockelson, with the National Archives and Records Administration, and Lt. Col. (Ret) Robert L. Brown. Museum curators Sarah Wooton Garrod and Joe Long will also speak.
Other activities include informal presentations by military living historians, WWI collector artifact displays, and a book signing by Dr. Yockelson for his book Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918. Lunch, break-time snacks, admission to the museum, and a 10% museum gift shop discount are included in the registration fee.
Founded in 1896, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area. The museum focuses on South Carolina’s military history from the Revolutionary War to the present War on Terror.
About the Speakers
Les Jensen is a well-known military historian and curator at the West Point Museum, US Military Academy. Dr. Mitch Yockelson is an archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States. Additionally, he teaches history at the United States Naval Academy and military history at Norwich University. Lt. Col. (Ret) Robert L. Brown is an English Professor whose Grandfather served in the 118th Regiment, 30th “Old Hickory” Division.