Colbert County Tourism & Convention Bureau

Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Village 1 and World War 1 Nitrate Plant Centennial Program
Saturday, September 29, 2018, 10:00am - 04:00pm
Contact Joel Mize 256-856-0354

September 29, 2018 – Village 1 and World War 1 Nitrate Plant Centennial Program, The Village School, 206 Chickamauga Street, Sheffield.  Come celebrate Sheffield’s contribution to World War 1 and listen to numerous historical presentations on the project’s community impact, organizations and community’s patriotic contributions to WW1 at the historic Village School auditorium. Also join us for a centennial birthday cake, an antique car show, vendors and live music. Programs begin at 10am and seating is first come – first served.  This 10am-4pm program is sponsored by the Sheffield Historical Commission.  For more information call Joel Mize at 256-856-0354.  Progam Speaker Line-up:

10:00 - Tom Mcknight, (U.N.) "Military History Overview:  A Veteran's call for national unity"

1025 – 1055 – Arthur Graves, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret) “Local Veterans of World War I”

11 – 11:30am – Scott Angle, PhD. “Nitrate History: Muscle Shoals has Fed the World”
11:45- 12:15am – Greg & Malinda Harrison, “A History of Village One”
12:30 – 1pm – Major General Buddy Moore, “Competence, Courage, and Bravery of North
Alabamians during Time of War”
1:15 – 1:45pm – Laurence A. Lyons, PhD. “Wireless Technology and WWI”
2 – 2:30pm – Marty T. Olliff, PhD. Director of The Wiregrass Archives “The Montgomery Cooperative Canning Club: A Case Study in Civilian Mobilization”
2:45 – 3:15pm – Jim Brown, PhD. “German Nationalism – A Major Factor in WWI”
3:30 – 4pm – Bob England, NWSCC Emeritus “The Treaty of Versailles and Serbian Victory in the
Great War”

Location 206 Chickamauga Street, Sheffield