Summary: <br> Highlights<br> 1. Wilson Cabinet votes to enter war<br> 2. Commission Press Conference on April 6 Event in KC<br> 3. VFW presents $100,000 donation to WW1CC for event<br> 4. WW1CC.org/April6 website launches<br> 5. National Archive launches App that provides access to unseen WWI treasure<br> 6. 100C/100M project spotlight on LA’s Victory Memorial Grove Project<br> 7. WWrite blog - Military veteran author and director of the Center for Women Veterans at VA, Kayla Williams contributes article<br> 8. Much more...<br> <br> <br> <br> WW1 Centennial News - Weekly Video Podcast<br> <br> World War One Centennial News: <br> March 22, 2017<br> <br> World War One THEN <br> 100 Year Ago This Week <br> Wilson’s Cabinet Unanimously Backs War<br> Headline: Wilson’s Cabinet Unanimously Backs War<br> The sinking of three American ships, one of which was without warning and the deaths of American citizens on the high seas, had boxed Wilson into a corner. The Germans showed no signs that they were willing to back down despite repeated warnings, even if this meant a confrontation with US Navy. On March 20, Wilson met with his Cabinet and they reluctantly decided that military solution would be needed. Wilson called for an extraordinary session of Congress to convene on April 2, to hear “a communication concerning grave matters of national policy.” Wilson had decided to take the United States to war.<br> Link: <a href="http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/158629628013/wilsons-cabinet-unanimously-backs-war">http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/158629628013/wilsons-cabinet-unanimously-backs-war</a><br> <br> French Government Resigns<br> On the other side of the pond - things in France are really beginning to fall apart. Prime Minister, Aristide Briand - is just barely clinging onto power. <br> The recently appointed commander-in-chief, Robert Nivelle, does not carry much authority in the government and on top of that to that he is subordinate, to General Lyautey, the Minister for War. <br> It was a house of cards and the good General resigns one hundred years ago this week, Then… a few days later the prime minister resigns… Their departure starts a spiral that just continues to weaken the French government. <br> Link: <a href="http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/158520105163/french-government-resigns">http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/158520105163/french-government-resigns</a><br> <br> <br> The Great War Project<br> So let’s continue our journey through the turmoil with Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog - Mike - I saw your post - Russian is in revolution, the French government is falling apart and the americans have had it with the German ship attacks. Tell us about your post! <br> Headlines read: Turmoil Among the Allies<br> Who Will Fight the War Now?<br> <a href="http://www.greatwarproject.org/">www.greatwarproject.org/</a><br> The Great War in the Sky <br> Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the war in the skies over France.<br> 100 years ago this week in the great war in the sky, we meet Sgt. James McConnel. After attending the University of Virginia as an undergrad plus one year in law school, he went back home to Carthage North Carolina to join his family... <br> Then in 1915 he joined the ambulance corps in France, but soon applied for aviation training. By fall 1915 six Americans were serving as full fledged pilots for the French. It was during this period that McConnel suffered a back injury. I have read two accounts - one says from a bad landing the other says he fell off of something - we'll stick stick a bad landing - but that is not the interesting part... it was during his convalescence, that he decided to pen a book called "Flying for the French" - a personal memoir of combat - in the early days of the war in the sky.<br> It was on March 19, 1917 McConnell was flying in the area of the Somme when two German planes came up on him and shot
