Welcome to the Georgia WWI Commission
"To Honor, Educate and Commemorate"
October 6, 2015
Members of the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission attended a remembrance ceremony at the State Capitol on the occasion of the visit of Prime Ministers Mark Rutte from the Netherlands and Geert Bourgeois from Flanders. In addition to remarks by both prime ministers and Gov. Nathan Deal, Georgia’s First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Deal, read the poem “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae.
Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal reads the poem “In Flanders Fields”:
Gov. Deal and Prime Ministers Rutte and Bourgeois pay respects at the Georgia Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol:
May 5, 2015
In a ceremony in his State Capitol office, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law legislation creating the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission. Among those present were Sen. Hunter Hill (R-Atlanta); Rep. John P. Yates (R-Griffin); Dr. Monique Seefried of Atlanta, who is U.S. World War I Centennial Commission representative for Georgia; and Lt. Col. Michael Ivy, Professor of Military Science and Army ROTC at Georgia Institute of Technology, among others.