Soldier’s Stories: The U.P. and the Great War
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI, United StatesOn Thursday, June 21, the first of several exhibits commemorating the Copper Country’s involvement in World War I opened at the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, “Soldier’s Stories: The U.P. and the Great War,” with a public reception and talk by exhibit curator and
Copper Country Voices of Dissent in the Great War
Finnish American Heritage Center 435 Quincy St, Hancock, MI, United StatesThis exhibit explores the ways in which Copper Country residents expressed dissent to the United States’ entry into World War I particularly through local response to the initiation and enactment of the Selective Service, the national military service draft system. OPENING RECEPTION, Sept 14, 4-7pm.
Dug In: An Experiential WWI Trench
US-41 and MacInnes Dirve, MTU Townsend Dr., Hougnon, MI, United StatesA full-scale reconstruction of a section of WWI firing trench on the front line, featuring an audio installation of the sounds of battle, with dramatic readings of soldier memoir and poetry. Find out more...
Town and Gown in the Great War: A Look Back at the Copper Country and Michigan Tech During WWI
Van Pelt and Opie Library East Reading Room Van Pelt and Opie Library East Reading Room, MTU, Houghton, MI, United States“Reading Pastime: Literature in Fiction and Poetry about the Great War”
Portage Lake District Library 58 Huron St, Houghton, MI, United States
Film screening: The Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (2018)
41 North Film Festival Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy, Houghton, MI, United StatesThe Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (Jim Theres, 2018, 55 min.) Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.rg), November 1-4 In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Film screening: And We Were Young (2015)
41 North Film Festival Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy, Houghton, MI, United StatesAnd We Were Young (Andy Smetanka, 2016, 1 hr 15 m) Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.org), November 1-4 Three years in the making, And We Were Young is a
World War I & the Copper Country Home Front
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI, United StatesPlease note date change for this event. OPENING RECEPTION, Nov 6, 6pm — with Copper Country Mothers talk by Dr. Patty Sotirin.
Copper Country Mothers
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI, United StatesPlease note date change for this event. Talk by Dr. Patty Sotirin -- Copper Country mothers of sons in military service were critical figures in this area’s participation in the Great War. For these mothers, the war was a personal challenge but it made them
Trench Closing for Armistice Day
US-41 and MacInnes Dirve, MTU Townsend Dr., Hougnon, MI, United StatesCoordinated event with Michigan Tech ROTC, JROTC, and Copper Country VFWs and American Legions (TBD)