{"id":1668,"date":"2008-11-04T22:59:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T11:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2008-11-04T22:59:27","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T11:59:27","slug":"agm-whats-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=1668","title":{"rendered":"AGM &#8211; What&#039;s to see?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the <em>Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/em>\u00a0 and other visitors to Canberra, in the coming weeks,\u00a0will have the opportunity to visit the following exhibitions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Advancing to Victory&#8217;<\/strong> on at the Australian War Memorial. The exhibition features key personalities and battles, and draws on the Memorial\u2019s unique collections. On display are original maps, outstanding photographs, and remarkable works of art, some never displayed before.\u00a0 Other treasures include medals awarded to Monash and Lord Birdwood, an 18-pounder field gun, and an exposed portion of a British Mark IV tank. For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awm.gov.au\/exhibitions\/advancing\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/advtovictory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1669\" title=\"advtovictory\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/advtovictory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Billy Hughes and the War&#8217; <\/strong>on at Old Parliament House\u00a0covers Prime Minister Billy Hughes, the conscription debate and Australia\u2019s involvement in the peace negotiations. For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/billyhughes.oph.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong>&#8216;Shell-shocked: After the Armistice&#8217;<\/strong> on at the National Archives of Australia\u00a0commemorates the Armistice and the impact of World War I on Australian society. For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naa.gov.au\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/shell-shocked.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/shell-shocked-banner_sml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1670\" title=\"shell-shocked-banner_sml\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/shell-shocked-banner_sml.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also a special\u00a0<strong>Lest we forget: Commemorative event to mark the 90th anniversary of Armistice 1918 <\/strong>will be held at at the National Archives of Australia in Constitution Place on Sunday 9 November\u00a0from 10.45 to 11.15am<strong>. <\/strong>For more information and a progam click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naa.gov.au\/whats-on\/events\/lest-we-forget.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\">The<em><strong> Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/strong><\/em> thanks the Australian, UK and French governments for affording Australian and British soldiers &#8211; presently buried in mass graves at Pheasant Wood &#8211; dignified individual reburials in a new CWGC cemetery at Fromelles, and urge those responsible to ensure all necessary scientific and other means are employed to properly identify each soldier.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Families and Friends of the First AIF\u00a0 and other visitors to Canberra, in the coming weeks,\u00a0will have the opportunity to visit the following exhibitions: &#8216;Advancing to Victory&#8217; on at the Australian War Memorial. 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