The centennial of the end of WWI is fast approaching. There will be major events across the state beginning the end of September and seminars will be sponsored in the major cities across the state. Dates and times are mentioned on our website at ww1cc.org/nd. WWI North Dakota Centennial Chairman Darrell Dorgan says the group would like you to participate in the events.
“We originated the idea of having bells toll and sirens ring on the morning of Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. across the nation and state,” Dorgan said. “The National WWI Centennial Commission is now asking all states to participate. We are asking communities across North Dakota to be involved in this tribute by ringing bells and sounding sirens the morning of Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Details on the event will be released shortly.”
North Dakota WWI committee members have also formally requested that County Veterans Services Officers work with local veteran’s organizations to read the names of the more than 1,300 North Dakotan’s who died in WWI, most in the just last six months of the war in the trenches of France. The committee has requested the names of those who died be read aloud from the steps of the county courthouse or a place of public gathering, in their county of residence, when the bells are done tolling.