Highlights: Picture This!
100 Years Ago: From state militias to a huge standing army | @02:15
Great War Project: Gas by railroad - Mike Shuster | @11:55
America Emerges: Battle of Soisson - Dr. Edward Lengel | @15:50
Commission News: CFA Reviews Nat. WWI Memorial project | @22:25
Update from the States: Exhibit in Helena Arkansas - Drew Ulrich | @25:20
Spotlight on the Media: Waldo Pierce Goes to War - Corine Reiss | @30:30
100 Cities / 100 Memorials: Yuma Arizona - Mayor Nichols & John Courtis | @35:25
WWI WarTech: Imaging in WWI | @41:45
Speaking WWI: Snapshot | @46:30
Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch | @48:00
Commemoration in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @50:40----more----
World War One Then
100 Years Ago
This week, we take stock of the American military’s rapid transformation from a state-based, decentralized system, to the massive national war machine that helps defeat the German empire.
https://www.sunypress.edu/pdf/61348.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/07/10/96254109.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=sNYc6alAb4IC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22militia+act+of+1903%22+national+guard+federalized+funding&source=bl&ots=H5vIX8Y5os&sig=c60BYCbirq2hanPz00nMTtzvGjA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rybUUZiVFrTJ0gGZ1YHwDg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22militia%20act%20of%201903%22%20national%20guard%20federalized%20funding&f=false
Great War Project
The Allies pioneer a new method of gas warfare, resulting in “a threatening cloud… as we had never before witnessed.”
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/15/a-new-method-of-gas-warfare/
America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1
The U.S. First and Second divisions participate in a major assault against the Germans, aiming to capture the high ground south of Soissons.
http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/thunder-and-flames-americans-in-the-crucible-of-combat-1917-1918/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/battle-of-soissons-1st-and-2nd-divisions-july-18-1918/
https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
World War One Now
Commission News
On July 19th, the Commission of Fine Arts met in Washington D.C. to approve the design of the National World War I Memorial.  
www.ww1cc.org/memorial
Updates from the States
Drew Ulrich, the Curator of the Delta Cultural Center in Arkansas, joins us to discuss a new exhibit honoring the men and women of Arkansas who served in the Great War.
http://www.deltaculturalcenter.com/exhibits/over-here-and-there
Spotlight on the Media
Corine Reis, a public historian from France, makes her second appearance on the show to discuss her magnificent World War I Blog: Waldo Peirce Goes to War.
https://waldopeircegoestowar.tumblr.com/
100 Cities/100 Memorials
City of Yuma (Arizona) Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls and Yuma County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director John Courtis join the show to talk about their city’s Armed Forces Memorial Park.   
www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1
This week on Speaking WW1, our word is “snapshot”, which describes the quick action of firing a gun from a trench or taking a photo.
https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Doughboy-Fritz-Soldier-Slang/dp/144563
7839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508848013&sr=8-1&keywords=tommy+doughboy+fritz
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography
https://books.google.com/books?id=e1uOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=snapshot+word+origin&source=bl&ots=lbRMBtv72g&sig=0z6RxsEwfHGJrS79B1ivAL5GoKI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs3Nijnr7XAhWH0iYKHcyvC-M4ChDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=snapshot%20word%20origin&f=false
WW1 Tech
For WW1 Tech, we examine the various ways that photography impacted the Great War, from aerial reconnaissance to the U.S. Signal Corps to personal cameras on the front.  
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography
https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/photos-world-war-i-images-museums-battle-great-war/
https://rememberingwwi.villanova.edu/photography/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-eight/10742060/aerial-phot