World War I Centennial Commission: Difference between revisions

'''The United States World War I Centennial Commission''' was created by an Act of Congress in 2013.<ref name="congress.gov">{{Cite web |date=2013-01-14 |title=WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ACT |url=https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ272/PLAW-112publ272.pdf |website=PUBLIC LAW 112–272 |access-date=July 26, 2016 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805200540/https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ272/PLAW-112publ272.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> This Act was passed in order to honor and recognize the [[First World War centenary|centennial]] of America's involvement with [[World War I]].<ref name="congress.gov" /> The Commission is in charge of planning, developing, and executing programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I.  The Commission also develops educational programs for a variety of audiences, organizes events to commemorate America's involvement in the War, and will establish a [[National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.)|National World War I Memorial]] in Washington, D.C. The [[Pritzker Military Museum and Library]] is the founding sponsor of the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thayer |first=Kate |date=2014-12-06 |title=Pritzker museum donates $5 million to WWI centennial programs |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-wwi-commission-donation-pritzker-met-20141206-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211212836/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-wwi-commission-donation-pritzker-met-20141206-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>