Advance screening of partial episode of PBS’s “The Great War” at College Park Aviation Campus

A special advance screening of clips from PBS’s AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Great War,” a three-part documentary, will be shown at the College Park Aviation Campus on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m.in the Airport Operations Building, 2nd floor. The screening runs approximately 40 minutes and will feature clips exploring the experiences of minorities in World War I. Following the show, guests are invited to enjoy light refreshments and explore the exhibit Over Here and Over There: College Park during World War I in the College Park Aviation Museum next door. The evening is FREE with a suggested donation of $5/person.

The College Park Aviation Campus is located off of Campus Drive (formerly Paint Branch Parkway) which runs between Kenilworth Ave (Rte. 201) and Baltimore Ave (Rte. 1) in College Park, MD. The specific address is: 1985 or 1909 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, MD 20740. The airport/museum is within a 5 – 8 minute walk from the College Park Metro Station on the Green line. There is ample FREE parking on site. Questions? Call 301-864-6029 or visit: www.CollegeParkAviationMuseum.com

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Great War,” is a three-part, six-hour documentary that premieres Monday, April 10 – Wednesday, April 12, 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET on PBS. The documentary’s release coincides with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I on April 6, 1917. Drawing on the latest scholarship, including unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, “The Great War” tells the rich and complex story of World War I through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as “doughboys.” The series explores the experiences of African-American and Latino soldiers, suffragists, Native-American “code-talkers” and others whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

“World War I was the soil from which so many things today really grew, starting with America’s place in the world,” said AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Executive Producer Mark Samels. “Before the war, America was isolated and uninvolved in world affairs. After the war, America stepped onto the world stage, and that continues today with our troops becoming involved in conflicts around the world. The current debate on the balance between national security and civil liberties also began with World War I. The debate over immigration reached its apex during World War I. The film is not only about what happened 100 years ago, but how what happened then transformed our nation and the world in ways still being felt today.”