>>> IT'S NOW TIME FOR "THE JOURNAL," WBGU TV'S AWARD WINNING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM WITH YOUR HOST STEVE KENDALL.

THIS IS WHERE YOUR COMMUNITY MATTERS.

LOCAL PEOPLE, LOCAL ISSUES.

>>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "THE JOURNAL" ON WBGU TV, I'M STEVE KENDALL.

100 YEARS AFTER THE U.S.

ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I, THE WAR IS NOW GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

WE'LL BE AIRING THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THE GREAT WAR, IT'S ALSO THE FOCUS OF THE WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL CENTER AND MUSEUM.

HERE TO TELL US ABOUT "OVER THERE, THE WOOD COUNTY BOYS ARE COMING" IS CREATOR HOLLY HARTLERODE AND EVENTS COORDINATOR KELLI KLING.

AND HOLLY, GOT YOUR NAME RIGHT, HARTLERODE, APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IMAGES OF THE EXHIBIT AND IT'S INTRIGUING.

YOU CAN IMMERSE YOURSELF IN WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN A COUPLE OF THOSE EXHIBITS TO BE AT THE FRONT.

SO WHAT INSPIRED YOU GUYS TO SAY "LET'S TALK ABOUT WORLD WAR I"?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TOPIC YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A LOT.

IT'S KIND OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR.

>> WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT IT IS PRIMARILY CONSIDERED A FORGOTTEN WAR BUT IN THE COLLECTIONS AT THE WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL CENTER, THE SOCIETY OVER THE YEARS HAS GATHERED QUITE A BIT OF OBJECTS AND LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEN FROM WOOD COUNTY OR THE AREA AND THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ON EXHIBIT ALL TOGETHER.

AND JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WAS THERE IN THE STORIES BEHIND THE OBJECTS IT REALLY INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT REALLY CELEBRATED THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE CITIZENS OF WOOD COUNTY.

>> I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, I HAD A GREAT UNCLE BUT THAT'S MY ONLY DIRECT LINK TO THE WAR AND OBVIOUSLY BY THE TIME I CAME AROUND HE WAS QUITE OLD AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THEN, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BACK FROM WARS, THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A LOT SO IT IS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO GET UP CLOSE AND A LOT MORE PERSONAL WITH WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE DURING THAT TIME, NOT ONLY ON THE FRONT ITSELF BUT BACK HERE ON THE HOME FRONT.

BECAUSE THAT WAS -- THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGE THIS IS WAR BROUGHT ABOUT AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE REFLECTED IN SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THERE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORLD WAR I AND WOOD COUNTY, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT KIND OF JUMP OUT IN 1917 THAT WOOD COUNTY WENT TO WAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A BIG WAY?

>> WELL, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING THE CONTENT FOR OUR VISITORS, FIRST WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHY DID THE WAR HAPPEN.

AND KNOWING THAT AN ARCH DUKE WAS SHOT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WOOD COUNTY, OHIO.

>> SURE.

>> SO WHEN YOU FIRST START THE EXHIBIT, YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN EUROPE, UNDERSTAND THE IMPERIALISTIC IDEAS OF CERTAIN LEADERS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, EUROPE WAS RULED BY -- >> A LOT OF MONARCHS.

>> YES, A LOT OF MONARCHS AND IT AFFECTED A LOT OF AVERAGE PEOPLE.

SO AS YOU COME UPSTAIRS, THE FIRST STOP IS THE DRAFT OFFICE IDEA AND I HAVE THIS INDEX HERE, WE SPENT TIME, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OF MY INTERNS, GOING THROUGH THE OHIO SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES BOOK FROM 1917 TO 1918 TO DO OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF THE MEN THAT SERVED FROM WOOD COUNTY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY BETWEEN 18 AND 45 HAD TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT.

>> WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT, RIGHT.

>> BUT NOT EVERYBODY WENT OVER THERE.

AND I REALLY WANTED THERE TO BE THIS FEELING OF OVERWHELMING MAYBE SCARED -- SOME OF THESE GUYS MAYBE HAVE NEVER LEFT WOOD COUNTY IN THEIR LIFETIME AND THEN THEY WERE PUT ON TRAINS AND SENT TO TRAINING CAMP AND SOME OF THEM WENT ON SHIPS AND WENT OVER TO FRANCE.

AND SO THE FIRST CONNECTION WITH THE VISITOR IS THAT POTENTIALLY THEY HAVE SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE FOUGHT.

AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT COMPLETE.

THE WAR DEPARTMENT WRITES IN THE BEGINNING OF THEIR BOOKS THAT THEY KNOW THERE'S MISTAKES BECAUSE THEY, OF COURSE, PUT EVERYTHING ON INDEX CARDS SO WE ALSO OFFER OUR VISITOR AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS MISSING TO LET US KNOW.

SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE NOTEBOOKS AND FIND THE DRAFT CARDS AND INFORMATION OF WHERE THE PERSON SERVED, IF THEY, IN FACT, GOT CALLED OVER TO EUROPE OR IF THEY STAYED STATESIDE.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST CONNECTION.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE SOMEONE FROM WOOD COUNTY, JUST THINKING ABOUT PERHAPS MAYBE I HAVE SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY.

BECAUSE I, TOO, AM FROM LUCAS COUNTY AND SO IF I HAD SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WHO FOUGHT ON BEHALF OF LUCAS COUNTY THIS KIND OF GIVES ME SOME INTEREST IN FINDING THAT OUT.

>> A LITTLE CONNECTION, SURE.

AND I'M SURE WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE NAMES, YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY -- IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, OH, I REMEMBER SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY TALKING ABOUT SO AND SO OR -- >> OR YOU SEE A NAME THAT'S FAMILIAR TO YOU.

MAYBE A STREET THAT YOU GREW UP ON.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS BACK TO YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.

>> ESPECIALLY, TOO, AND PROBABLY A LOT OF NAMES NOW, LAST NAMES ESPECIALLY, OF FAMILIES THAT AREN'T AROUND ANYMORE, LIKE OH, I REMEMBER SOMEBODY THAT LIVED DOWN THAT ROAD OR WHATEVER.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY, RECORDKEEPING, AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT THE GREATEST THING, THERE WAS NOTHING DATABASED, IT WAS ALL HANDWRITTEN AND OVER THE YEARS THINGS HAPPEN SO THAT HAD TO BE QUITE A PROJECT IN AND OF ITSELF.

>> IT WAS ABOUT A FOUR-MONTH PROJECT, BUT LUCKILY I HAVE SOME VERY DEDICATED INTERNS WHO WERE HELPING WITH THE PROCESS.

>> AND YOU MAKE AN INTERESTING POINT, TOO, BECAUSE WE THINK NOW THE MOBILITY THAT WE HAVE NOW WE DON'T THINK ANYTHING OF DRIVING HUNDREDS OF MILES IN A DAY AND DOING IT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE FEEL LIKE IT.

BACK THEN PEOPLE DIDN'T TRAVEL AS MUCH SO YOU SAID A LOT OF -- IN THIS CASE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE DRAFTED OR HAD TO GO OVERSEAS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF WOOD COUNTY, LET ALONE OUTSIDE THE STATE OF OHIO LET ALONE ANOTHER COUNTRY.

SO FOR THEM THAT HAD TO BE, FROM A CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW AND JUST SIMPLY A REACTION POINT OF VIEW TOTALLY ALIEN TO THEM.

BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST -- ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE PACKED ON A TRAIN, SHIPPED OFF TO AN ARMY CAMP IN NEW JERSEY OR NORTH CAROLINA TO TRAIN AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON A SHIP GOING TO FRANCE.

ALL IN A FEW MONTHS.

>> AND LIKE HOLLY SAID, IT'S ABOUT EMOTION AND FEELING THAT EMOTION AND SHE'S WORKED HARD TO TRY TO DEVELOP THAT EXHIBIT THAT THE VISITOR GETS THAT SENSE OF EMOTION AND IT'S NOT JUST READING TEXT PANELS AND SEEING SCENES BUT BEING MORE IMMERSED IN THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

>> WE HAVE A ROOM THAT FOCUSED ON HOW WOULD YOU GET A LETTER TO A FAMILY MEMBER.

AND A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THE ROOM ARE LETTERS THAT WERE EITHER LOANED TO US OR IN OUR COLLECTION FIRSTHAND.

I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY SEE OBJECT/TEXT PANEL, OBJECT/TEXT PANEL.

A LOT OF IT IS THE MAN WRITING HOME A POSTCARD OR WRITING HOME A LETTER.

YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE HOW HE FELT OR WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEREVER HE WAS STATIONED AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A VISITOR TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING NOW DAYS IS SO TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, HOW MANY PEOPLE WRITE LETTERS ANYMORE?

>> SURE, YEAH.

WE TEXT OR E-MAIL OR DO WHATEVER, THERE WOULDN'T BE A LENGTHY -- AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT GIVES YOU THAT PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM RIGHT THEN AND, OF COURSE, THE SAME TIME PROBABLY TRYING NOT TO MAKE ANYBODY AT HOME UPSET.

>> WORRIED.

>> LIKE, OH, THIS IS HORRIBLE SO THEY START WORRYING MORE.

BUT WERE THERE SOME OF THOSE?

>> THERE IS, BUT THEY'RE -- THE WAR DEPARTMENT WOULD READ THE LETTERS.

>> SENSOR.

>> AND IT WAS USUALLY THE JOB OF THE CHAPLAIN OR SOMEONE WITHIN THE UNIT TO HAVE TO READ EVERYBODY'S LETTER AND SOMETIMES YOU GET A LETTER WITH PARTS CUT OUT OF IT.

SO, AGAIN, YOU COULDN'T PUT WHERE EXACTLY YOU WERE STATIO ED OR IF THERE WAS SOMETHING RISQUE YOU WERE SENDING BACK TO A GIRLFRIEND IT HAD GET CUT OUT.

>> BUT, AGAIN, YOU CAN AT LEAST PIECE TOGETHER WHAT THESE GUYS WERE FEELING AND, OF COURSE, TOO, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEN BUT EVENTUALLY ARMY NURSES ARE OVER THERE.

THE RED CROSS.

SO A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, WHICH FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, WORLD WAR I WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.

IT OPENED UP VENUES.

I REMEMBER LOOKING AT A TIMELINE THAT SAID WOMEN WERE ARRESTED FOR DOING SUFFRAGETTE WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT BY THE END OF THE WAR THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

THAT HAPPENED WITHIN THIS THREE OR FOUR-YEAR PERIOD SO A LOT OF CHANGES BECAUSE OF THIS.

>> WE FOCUS ON -- THERE IS A ROOM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RED CROSS AND WOOD COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT AND WE SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON A WOMAN NAMED MARGARET LEHMAN AND I HAVE TO SAY MUCH THANKS TO HAL BROWN WHO IS A FORMER "SENTINEL" EDITOR WHO WORKS ON BEHALF OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

SHE WAS ON WHAT WAS CALLED THE MERCY SHIP WHICH LEFT IN 1914 AND SHE WENT OVER TO FRANCE AND SHE WOULD WRITE BACK TO THE "SENTINEL" TALKING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES.

AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK SHE SPOKE AT SEVERAL EVENTS AND HER TIME OF WORKING WITH THE SOLDIERS.

SO WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE WITH THEM AND READ MORE ABOUT HER.

>> WELL, WHEN WE COME BACK, LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE U.S.

DOESN'T REALLY GET INTO THE WAR UNTIL 1917.

THE WAR, AS YOU MENTIONED, STARTED IN 1914 YET THE U.S.

HAD INVOLVEMENT, PEOPLE HAD PERSONAL CONNECTIONS EVEN BEFORE THE U.S.

OFFICIALLY BECAME PART OF THE WAR.

WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT HERE ON "THE JOURNAL" ON WBGU TV.

>>> THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US.

OUR GUESTS ARE KELLI KLING AND HOLLY HARTLERODE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXHIBIT AT THE WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL CENTER AND MUSEUM WHICH IS CALLED "OVER THERE" AND IT FOCUSES ON WOOD COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR I, KIND OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR, ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME IT WAS LABELLED THE WAR TO END ALL WARS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

YOU MENTIONED THE WOMAN FROM WOOD COUNTY WHO WENT OVER THERE AS PART OF THIS MERCY THING IN 1914 BECAUSE THE U.S.

DOESN'T GET INTO THE WAR UNTIL APRIL, MAYISH OF 1917.

YET THERE WAS A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT FROM AMERICANS AND AMERICAN GROUPS PRIOR TO THAT.

NOT NECESSARILY -- NOT INVOLVED IN THE FIGHTING BUT RELIEF EFFORTS, ALL THE THINGS -- ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON REQUIRED THE U.S.

AND A LOT OF AGENCIES LIKE THE RED CROSS AND OTHER GROUPS TO KIND OF MOBILIZE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

SHE TALKED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING WHEN SHE CAME BACK.

NOT JUST JOURNALISTS BUT OTHER PEOPLE, TOO.

>> WELL, THERE WAS A MASS MIGRATION FROM EUROPE TO THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1900 AND 1920.

IT WAS AROUND 14 MILLION PEOPLE.

AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE CAME FROM THE COUNTRIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN WORLD WAR I. SO THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS A QUESTION OF PATRIOTISM VERSUS NATIONALISM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILSON ASKED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO THINK ABOUT WHEN HE DECLARED HIS DECLARATION OF NEUTRALITY IN 1914 SAYING THE UNITED STATES DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

THIS WAS A EUROPEAN WAR AND THE UNITED STATES DID NOT NEED TO TAKE PART IN IT.

BUT TO THE IMMIGRANTS, HE DID NOT WANT THEM TO NECESSARILY BRING THEIR ISSUES FROM EUROPE TO THE UNITED STATES TO FEEL THEIR PATRIOTISM TO THEIR NEW COUNTRY.

AND SO I HAVE THE DECLARATION OF NEUTRALITY BLOWN UP FLOOR TO CEILING BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO READ IT TO SEE THE TYPE OF -- I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW PROPAGANDA -- >> THE SPIN THEY PUT ON IT.

>> THAT HE PUT ON IT.

WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT EVENTUALLY GET THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR,S WHICH ARE THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM AND UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE.

AND THEN WILSON PRETTY MUCH COMING TO A -- A SITUATION IN WHICH HE MUST DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY BECAUSE GERMANY IS NOT ABIDING BY THE RULES WITH REGARDS TO TORPEDOING SHIPS WITH AMERICAN PASSENGERS ON THEM.

>> SURE.

>> SO IN APRIL, YES, WILSON DOES DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY PRIMARILY.

NOW, WE CAME IN ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES BUT WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY JOIN THEIR FORCES BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COMMAND THEIR OWN ARMY.

>> BE INDEPENDENT, YES.

>> AND GERMANY WAS VERY CONCERNED.

THEY DIDN'T WANT THE UNITED STATES TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING -- >> SO MUCH MORE RESOURCE INTO THE -- YES, YES.

>> WELL, REAL QUICK, YOU MENTIONED THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND THAT WAS BASICALLY GERMANY'S PROMISE TO MEXICO "IF YOU JOIN US, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE U.S.

"WHICH PROBABLY FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW RATTLED A FEW CHAINS IN WASHINGTON AT THAT POINT, TOO.

>> WELL, YOU BRING A GOOD POINT.

PRIOR TO THE UNITED STATES GETTING INVOLVED IN THE WAR, YOU'RE RIGHT, MEXICO WAS ACTUALLY FIGHTING THEIR REVOLUTION AND I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF COMPANY H OUT OF BOWLING GREEN, WHICH THEY WERE STATIONED BY THE BORDER AND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAD CONTACTED MEXICO AND SAID "IF YOU DECLARE WAR ON THE UNITED STATES, YES, WE WILL GIVE YOU BACK --" AND THEY HAVE LISTED THE COUNTRIES.

>> TEXAS, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO.

NAME IT, WE'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.

>> AND IN NOT SO MANY WORDS, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING A WAR FOR A WHILE.

WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN ENGAGING THE UNITED STATES.

SO BRITISH INTELLIGENCE INTERCEPTED THE TELEGRAM AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY CHANGED WILSON'S MIND ABOUT GETTING INTO THE WAR.

>> BECAUSE NOW YOU HAD GERMANY INTERVENING IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT WHEREAS BEFORE HE COULD SAY, HEY, IT'S ALL GOING ON IN EUROPE, WE DON'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE UNLIMITED SUBMARINE WARFARE TARGETING SHIPS AND WITHIN A DAY OR TWO THAT'S WHEN WILSON DECIDES TO DECLARE WAR.

>> AND AS YOU GO UPSTAIRS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ ABOUT WILSON'S DECLARATION OF WAR.

THE SPEECH IS COMPELLING.

YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH.

THERE ARE PARTS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTING SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN STAIRS AND READ THE DECLARATION OF NEUTRALITY YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSITION WHEN HE WRITES THIS SPEECH DECLARING WAR TWO AND A HALF THREE YEARS LATER.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE MEXICAN -- BECAUSE GENERAL PERSHING, WHO, OF COURSE, COMMANDS THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IS DOWN IN MEXICO WITH PATTON, EISENHOWER, ALL THE NAMES WE'VE BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH LATER ON FIGHTING AGAINST PONCHO VIA AND THE THEY DECIDE THE U.S.

WILL GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT.

IT DOESN'T END REAL WELL.

IT END IN A DRAW AND THE U.S.

GOES "OKAY, WE'LL GO BACK ACROSS."

SO THE U.S.

WAS SORT OF PREOCCUPIED MEXICO ALREADY.

I IMAGINE YOU SAID THE LAST THING THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WANTED WAS TO TAKE ON THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT IN A WAR WHEN THEY WERE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A REVOLUTION AT THAT POINT.

>> YES.

>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT, WOOD COUNTY, NO ONE WOULD KNOW THAT A GROUP OF MEN FROM WOOD COUNTY WERE STATIONED ON THE MEXICAN/U.S.

BORDER IN THE 19 TEENS IN THAT SORT OF SITUATION.

SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CONNECT US TO HISTORY IN A WAY THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF.

>> WHAT IS NICE IS ONCE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE CREATING THIS EXHIBIT, THEY CONTACTED ME AND ASKED IF THEY COULD EXHIBIT SOME OF THEIR RELATIVES' ARTIFACTS FROM WORLD WAR I AND WE HAVE THIS HERE.

NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH JACK RAINY.

HE WAS AN ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR.

HE LIVED TO BE 107 YEARS OLD AND HIS DAUGHTER PAT LONED US ALL OF HIS MEMORABILIA FROM THE WAR FOR THIS EXHIBIT.

NOW, HE DID NOT FIGHT ON BEHALF OF WOOD COUNTY.

>> SO THAT'S HIS IDENTITY CARD.

>> I BELIEVE HE DID MAP RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS.

I'M NOT 100% SURE BUT HE DID A LOT WITH FLYING.

SEW YOU CAN COME TO THE MUSEUM AND SEE MORE OF WHAT HE HAS -- >> HE TOOK A GOOD PHOTO.

YOU CAN SAY THAT.

HE WAS A HANDSOME GUY, WASN'T HE?

>> YES, HE WAS.

THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT STUFF SHE SAVED.

SHE'S VERY PROUD OF IT.

SHE CAME WITH HER HUSBAND ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

>> I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THERE'S MINIMAL INFORMATION HERE, BASICALLY HIS NAME AND RANK AND THAT'S IT.

NO OTHER DETAILS, NO OTHER INFORMATION.

BUT -- YEAH AND SOME KIND OF A CODE NUMBER 3467-SOMETHING.

AND WITH ALSO IN FRENCH UNDERNEATH EACH OF THE -- BECAUSE THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO END UP IN FRANCE.

INTERESTING.

>> AND HE'S BURIED IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY ON CAMPUS AND A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED BY HIM AND I THOUGHT HE HAD A HAND IN THE THEATER DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

>> WOW, OKAY.

SO ONE GUY WITH A LOT OF CONNECTIONS.

NOW WHEN PEOPLE BRING IN THINGS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO THEY BRING IN?

OBVIOUSLY ART FACTS LIKE THIS BUT ITEMS THAT WERE MORE -- LETTERS YOU TALKED ABOUT?

>> WE HAD SOME LETTERS, POSTCARDS, DOG TAGS.

WE HAVE A MAN THEODORE JENKINS, HIS FATHER ENLISTED IN OAK HARBOR AND HE HAS FOUR MEDALS ON EXHIBIT, PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HIM.

I HAD A COUPLE LADIES BRING ME SUITCASES WITH THEIR FATHERS' UNIFORM AND THE PICTURES AND THEIR DRAFT INFORMATION, THEIR DISCHARGE PAPERS, PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE UNIFORMS.

WE DID CONTACT ALL THE REGIONS IN WOOD COUNTY AND SEVERAL OF THEM LOANED ME THINGS.

ONE LEGION LOANED US THEIR MACHINE GUN.

>> YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY, LIKE, TRY IT OUT?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> NO.

THE BROWN POPULAR CULTURE LIBRARY ALSO LOANED THE WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL CENTER ABOUT 60 PROPAGANDA POSTERS.

>> AH, OKAY, BECAUSE PROPAGANDA ON BOTH SIDES WENT CRAZY WITH PROPAGANDA, REALLY AMAZING STUFF IN SOME CASES, YES.

>> THESE ARE TWO OF THEM.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ON EXHIBIT.

THIS ONE HERE, THE VICTORY LOAN.

IN THOSE DAYS THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO SUBSCRIBE, BUY THESE WAR BONDS SO IT WAS A WAY YOU COULD INVEST IN THE COST OF GOING TO WAR.

AND WOOD COUNTY EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS NECESSARY BY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WE HAVE THAT.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW WOOD COUNTY BOUGHT WAY MORE THAN WHAT THEY THOUGHT.

>> WOW.

>> AND THIS HERE IS THE AMERICAN RED STAR RELIEF.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST TIME THAT WE REALLY USED HORSES AND MULES.

A CALVARY TYPE ARMY -- >> BEFORE THE MECHANIZATION REALLY TOOK PLACE, SURE.

>> AND BEING THAT WOOD COUNTY IS RURAL, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT NEED FOR VETERINARIANS AND SO THEY NOT ONLY ASK FOR THINGS TO HELP HER ANIMAL TO HUMANS, THEY ASKED FOR VETERINARIANS TO GO TO FRANCE, WHICH SOME OF THE VETERINARIANS FROM WOOD COUNTY DID GO TO FRANCE TO HELP.

AND NOW THIS IS THE -- I THINK IT'S THE AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY, SO THIS IS STILL IN EXISTENCE.

>> THIS IS THE PRECURSOR OF THAT, THE AMERICAN RED STAR RELIEF FUND.

>> AND NOW THEY HELP ANIMALS IN DISASTERS SO IF THERE'S HURRICANES AND TORNADOS AND ANIMALS NEED HELP, THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THAT.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.

YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE MILITARY BECAUSE IF THEY WERE -- THEY WOULD HAVE HORSES, MULES, AND THEY WOULD ALSO THEN HAVE CATTLE THEY WOULD KEEP ON HAND TO -- FOR FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOW EVERYTHING IS, OF COURSE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> AND IF ANY OF OUR VIEWERS OR FOLLOWERS OF THE MUSEUM ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WE HAVE A WEEKLY POST ABOUT ALL THE ANIMALS THAT WERE CONNECTED TO WORLD WAR I SO YOU CAN SEE NOT ONLY LIKE THE MULES AND DOGS AND CATS THAT YOU MENTIONED BUT EVEN BROADER SCOPE WITH KANGAROOS AND THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT.

>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONNECTED.

>> THERE'S A LONG LIST OF EVENTS, A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON NOT JUST RIGHT NOW BUT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AT THE MUSEUM, THE HISTORICAL CENTER MUSEUM THAT TALKS ABOUT WORLD WAR I. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT RIGHT HERE ON THE JOURNAL ON WBGU TV.

>>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US ON "THE JOURNAL."

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL CENTER AND MUSEUM AND THEIR EXHIBIT WHICH WILL RUN NEXT YEAR CALLED "OVER THERE" THAT FOCUSEDS ON WOOD COUNTY WORLD WAR I. OUR GUESTS ARE CURATOR HOLLY HARTLERODE AND KELLI KLING, THE EVENTS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR.

ONE OF THE THINGS -- KELLI SENT OVER IMAGES THAT FOLKS WILL BE SEEING.

ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND INTRIGUING WAS THE RECREATION OF A WORLD WAR I TRENCH.

WE'VE SEEN PHOTOS BUT ACTUALLY PROBABLY -- NONE OF US HAVE PROBABLY WALKED THROUGH ONE.

THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF FEEL LIKE YOU HERE IN A TRENCH AND ALL THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS THAT COME WITH IT.

TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT CONSTRUCTION.

>> WELL, THE PROCESS -- I HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE BGSU THEATER DEPARTMENT, KELLY MANAGAN, SHE HELPED IN GUIDING HOW DO YOU CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHIN A BUILDING?

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FOR THEATER DESIGN, SO TEACHING US HOW TO BUILD THE FLATS AND THEN HOW TO CREATE THE TEXTURES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A TRENCH AND WE JOKED THAT ALL WE'RE MISSING IS THE WATER, THE RATS AND THE DEAD BODIES.

>> YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

IT WAS ABOUT -- IT TOOK US ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TO DO AND MY CO-WORKER DANIEL REALLY -- ONCE WE GOT THE WALLS UP HE REALLY TOOK OFF.

WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRENCHES AND REALIZING THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE GUYS WERE ON THE MOVE THAT THESE THINGS -- IT WAS MORE ABOUT DIGGING A HOLE SO THAT THE LAND DID NOT FALL IN ON YOU IF YOU WERE MOVING THROUGH OR YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

AND YOU'LL LEARN MORE IF YOU COME VISIT THE EXHIBIT WHY TRENCHES WERE USED IN WORLD WAR I.

>> AND BECAME -- THEY TALK ABOUT STATIC WARFARE, IT BECAME A WAR OF LIMITED MOBILITY.

BUT SEEING THAT IMAGE AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH YOU CAN SEE WITHOUT THE MUD, THE RATS AND THE BAD -- THE REALLY BAD STUFF BUT WHAT A STRANGE FEELING IT MUST HAVE BEEN.

THAT WAS YOUR LIFE YOU LIVED INSIDE THESE TWO WALLS BUILT DOWN INTO THE DIRT AND THAT WAS YOUR DAY-TO-DAY EXISTENCE AND MAYBE -- THEN SOMEWHERE ELSE ANOTHER BUILDING WITH A ROOF OVER THE TOP BUT THAT WAS AS GOOD AS IT GOT IN THOSE DAYS.

THIS ISN'T JUST AN EXHIBIT THAT IS STATIC IN THE REGARD THAT YOU SEE THIS AND THAT'S IT.

YOU GUYS HAVE AN ONGOING EVERY MONTH TEA THAT FOCUSES ON DIFFERENT PIECES OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

KELLI, TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT AS THE MONTHS UNROLL HERE DURING 2017?

>> WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF PROGRAMMING GOING ON, LIKE YOU SAID, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

STARTING IN APRIL WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY TEA SERIES THAT IS A PROGRAM WITH REFRESHMENTS AND LIKE HOLLY MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF THE EXHIBITS TOUCH ON THINGS LIKE THE RED CROSS AND JOURNALISM AND THE SERIES FOLLOWED THAT THEME AND THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THOSE TOPICS, EVERYTHING FROM WORLD WAR I ERA FASHION TO AVIATION TO MUSIC AND LITERATURE AT THE TIME PERIOD.

SO EACH MONTH COVERS THE DIFFERENT TOPIC THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES AND BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE TEA SERIES EVERY MONTH, IN AUGUST WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM AND WE WILL HAVE COSTUMED INTERPRETERS THAT PICK DIFFERENT ICONIC PEOPLE OF WOOD COUNTY AND DO A FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE OF THAT PERSON, REALLY RESEARCH AND DELVE INTO THEIR LIVES.

NOT NECESSARILY FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE AREA, BUT JUST NOTABLE PEOPLE OF INTEREST AND THIS YEAR WE'LL FEATURE SOME VETERANS AND NURSES FROM THE WORLD WAR I THAT ARE WOOD COUNTYIANS AS WELL.

>> SO ANOTHER CHANCE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM THAT TIME AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THEM DURING THE WORLD WAR I ERA.

>> RIGHT.

IN OCTOBER OUR GERMAN AMERICAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH JEFF HOUSE FROM BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, RETIRED AND WE DO A GERMAN AMERICAN PROGRAM EVERY YEAR WHERE WE INVITE THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR GERMAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES AND, OF COURSE, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE GERMAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN WORLD WAR I.

>> SURE.

>> AS WE MOVE INTO THE HOLIDAYS FOR OUR DECEMBER GALA FUND-RAISER, OUR THEME IS GOING TO BE FURLOUGH FROM THE FRONT.

>> AH, OKAY.

>> SO WE'LL HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AND FRIVOLITY THAT ARE VERY APPROPRIATE TO WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR THOSE SOLDIERS TO BE ON FURLOUGH IN FRANCE AND WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THERE?

SO NOT ONLY CAN WE HAVE FUN WITH IT BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY KIND OF MIXED IN AS WELL.

>> GREAT.

>> IF PEOPLE WANT TO FIND OUT MORE DATES, TIMES, WHEN YOU OPEN, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO GO TO YOUR WEB SITE?

WHAT SHOULD THEY GOOGLE OR WHATEVER.

>> YOU CAN GOOGLE "WOOD COUNTY MUSEUM" WE POP RIGHT UP.

>> MAKE SURE IT'S WOOD COUNTY, OHIO, NOT WOOD COUNTY WHEREVER.

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WOOD COUNTY.

>> OUR WEB SITE IS WOODCOUNTYHISTORY.ORG.

WE'RE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US THERE TO GET SOME EXTRA TIDBITS AND FUN FACTS THAT EITHER ARE LITTLE SNIPPETS INTO THE EXHIBIT OR LITTLE EXTRA THINGS AS WELL.

>> AND IT PIQUES YOUR INTEREST TO WANT TO GO AND SEE IT.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

IT'S A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AN ERA THAT DOESN'T GET A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND BASICALLY MEET PEOPLE FROM THAT TIME SO THAT IS A REALLY REALLY GOOD THING AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT DOESN'T COME ALONG ALL THE TIME SO GREAT, THANK YOU MUCH AND WE'LL -- HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR MORE AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU KELLI KLING AND HOLLY HARTLERODE.

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