Armistice Day Commemoration & Exhibit

On Tuesday November 11^th the Fort Devens Museum will be open for a special program recognizing Veterans Day and commemorating Armistice Day-the end of World War I. The day’s schedule includes a livestream of the Bells of Peace, a new exhibit, and remarks on the occasion.
 
The museum will livestream the Bells of Peace Ceremony on our large screen at 10:45 AM. The Doughboy Foundation sponsors the annual Bells of Peace Ceremony held at the National WWI Memorial in Washington DC. Bells of Peace commemorates the end of World War I and pays tribute to the 116,516 Americans who died during that conflict.
 
A brand new exhibit will be on display on November 11^th during the museum’s open hours of 10 AM to 3 PM. Learn about the origins of Armistice Day and view artifacts, photographs, and documents from the museum’s collection related to the end of World War I and the immediate post-war period. Items on display will include painted helmets, panoramic photographs, and stories of how our local communities celebrated November 11, 1918.
 
To enhance this exhibit, we will also display a selection of World War I posters from a private collection. The posters were collected by Phillippa Patey as a young girl living in Newtonville, MA during World War I. Join us at 1:00 to learn more with remarks by her daughter Jenifer Burckett-Picker.
 
This program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.  The Fort Devens Museum is located on the 3^rd floor of 94 Jackson Road, Devens, MA. For more information please email info@fortdevensmuseum.org.