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- In honor of the 100th anniversary

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of the Battle of Belleau Wood,

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the National Museum of the Marine Corps

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hosted a number of special
displays and activities.

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Check out this interview

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with two of their role
players from the event.

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- My name is Laura Hockensmith.

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I'm the Chief of Education here

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at the National Museum
of the Marine Corps.

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And I'm here with Madeline Fanta

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and she's an Education Specialist here.

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Today we are marking the 100th anniversary

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of the start of the
Battle of Belleau Wood.

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We have many different
activities going on today.

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Including planting 2641 poppies.

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Each are individualized
with the name of a Marine

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who was killed during April of 1917

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through 11 November of 1918.

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We also have first person
interpretation today,

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including ourselves.

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We have curators here with
artifacts from World War One.

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Ranging from uniforms and weaponry

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and art pieces.

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We have a special pre-school play date,

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which is for young students, zero to five.

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Talking about the true
story of Winnie the Pooh

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and where his story comes from.

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And we represent Floyd Gibbons,

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War Correspondent to the Chicago Tribune

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during World War One.

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And Madeline is
representing a newspaper boy

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in New York City during the war,

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who is selling newspapers headlining

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my headline "Marines Win Hot Battle"

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detailing the Marine's
victory at Belleau Wood.

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- My job is to get the crowd in.

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Get the people interested.

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And Gibbons, of course,

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records and explains

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what is going on at the battle field.

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- We're just really excited
to bring this public program

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to the public and the Marine Corps.

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We strongly feel that the
Battle of Belleau Wood

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is so important to the
Marine Corps history

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and who the Marine Corps
are, as Devil Dogs.

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And so we're excited to bring
that history alive today.

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For everyone.