Northfield's Sorrell-Maynard American Legion, Post #63, is sponsoring a Commemoration of the End of World War One and Veterans Day, on Saturday, November 11, at 11:00 am at the Northfield Common. Please join Post Commander Randy Peace and its members to pause, remember, and thank our veterans past and present.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Nicholas Roberts, assistant professor of Middle Eastern History at Norwich University. Nicholas Roberts earned his doctorate in history from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a Presidential Fellow and a research fellow with the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Before, he earned a Master of Arts in history from Georgetown University. He specializes in Islamic history, particularly the modern period.
Dr. Roberts current book project, A Sea of Wealth: Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, His Omani Empire, and the Making of an Oceanic Marketplace, draws upon research in a dozen archives across four continents. This book uses the reign of Oman's longest serving ruler as a lens for highlighting the Omani Empire's formative role in uniting the Atlantic and Indian oceans into a shared oceanic marketplace, a crucial step in modern global capitalism's rise.
At Norwich, Roberts teaches a variety of courses on world history and the histories of Muslim societies, along with courses for the international studies major.
A special guest speaker will be Colby L. Tuller, a student and Military History teacher at U32 Middle & High School in Montpelier, VT. Colby will be dressed as a private in Vermont Civil War Hemlocks, established in 1963.
Please join us afterwards for free light refreshments at our American Legion Post. All are welcome!
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.