History was never my best subject, but I have to say – this exhibit at the NJ State Museum helped me learn more about WWI than any class I have ever taken. Curator, Nicholas Ciotola, is a wealth of information and is just a pleasure to interview. It’s so nice talking to brilliant people who know too much about everything.
More on the piece from phl17.com:
Nicholas Ciotola, Curator of Cultural History at the New Jersey State Museum, takes us into World War I, and the importance of posters and flags as a source of motivation and patriotism for those entering the war. Their new exhibit, Embattled Emblems, commemorates the 100th anniversary of America’s intervention in the war and explains the significance of images as a way to convince the country that war was necessary and just.
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