In the year that marks the Centenary of World War I, the Municipality of Lagos prepared a diversified program of initiatives under the motto “The War for Peace”, which runs until December and includes film sessions, conferences, awareness actions and exhibitions. The celebration of the Centenary, at the national level, starts on Sunday, October 19th.
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of that year, 1918, an armistice finally came into effect between the Allies and the Central Powers. Signed six hours earlier in the French Marshal Foch's railway carriage, parked in the Compiègne forest, some 80 kilometers from Paris, it marks the official end of the First World War, after 4 years, 3 months and 9 days of fighting.
The event “The War for Peace” organized by the Municipality of Lagos, through the Municipal Library of Lagos, and by the Lagos Nucleus of the League of Combatants, intends to focus on the idea of Peace and the imperative need for its defense, of “war for her". Hence the intentionality of the date chosen for the beginning of the program – precisely November 11th – the day of the Armistice.
This initiative aims to add civic content, historical memory and a human dimension to the military evocations that will take place in several Portuguese cities, during the month of October 2014.
In Lagos, this Military Evocation takes place on October 19, at Praça Luís de Camões (next to the Monument to the Dead of the Great War), at 11:30 am, and will feature official interventions, deposition of a wreath and unveiling of an evocative plaque of the centenary. The ceremony will be preceded by a cultural event presented by the Academy of Music of Lagos and the Experimental Theater of Lagos.
The program of the “A Guerra pela Paz” initiative, taking place between November 11th and December 13th, will include the presentation of a film cycle at the Centro Cultural de Lagos (“From the Front Line – insane records”); the holding of a cycle of conferences at the Municipal Library of Lagos (“We were the ones”), with the presence of renowned national researchers, and to which the “Memory Days” are associated, (Portuguese and European rescue and construction of memory and identity, national and European).
There will also be the organization of an exhibition structured in two nuclei, a museological and iconographic one – “Memories of the Great War”, on display at the Lagos Regimental Warehouse (photos and pieces provided by the Liga dos Combatentes and the Directorate of Military History and Culture), and a bibliographic center – “The writing of the Great War”, on display at the Municipal Library of Lagos, showing its documentary collection available on this theme.
There are also two types of pedagogical actions aimed at students from the 9th to the 12th grade of schools in the municipality: lectures on the Great War, in November, given by the Lagos Combatants League Nucleus, and exhibition of thematic films, provided by BML, in the months of November and December.
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 19 / 11:30 am
MILITARY EVOCATIVE CEREMONY of the CENTENARY of the GREAT WAR
PLACE:
Monument to the Dead of the Great War (Praça Luis de Camões)
The ceremony will be preceded by a cultural event presented by the Academy of Music of Lagos and the Experimental Theater of Lagos.
NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 13
THE WAR FOR PEACE - CENTENARY OF THE GREAT WAR
PLACES:
Lagos Municipal Library Lagos Regimental Warehouse Lagos Cultural Center
EB2,3, Tecnopolis and Gil Eanes Secondary Schools
♦ CINEMA CYCLE
"From the Front Line - Insane Records"
CULTURAL CENTER OF LAGOS | 21pm
12 Nov – Gallipoli, by Peter Weir. Australia, 1981. 107 min. Color.
19 Nov – Nothing new to the west, by Lewis Milestone. USA. 1930. 133 min. Color
26 Nov – The Great Illusion, by Jean Renoir. France, 1937. 109 min. B/W
02 Dec – Horizons of Glory, by Stanley Kubrick. USA, 1957. 86 m. B/W
09 Dec – And they gave him a shotgun, by Dalton Trumbo
11 Dec – Merry Christmas, by Christian Carion. France, UK, Belgium, Romania, Germany, 2005. 115min. Color
♦ CYCLE OF CONFERENCES
"We were the ones"
LAGOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
11 Nov | 21:00 pm (Armistice Day)
The Algarve in World War I: the sayings and misfortunes of a peripheral region
Maria Joao Raminhos Duarte
22 Nov | 15:00 pm
When War, Hunger and Pneumónica knocked at the door of the Lacobrigenses … (1914-1918)
Joaquim Vieira Rodrigues
29 Nov | 15:00 pm
Weapons, Uniforms and Equipment of the Portuguese Army in the Great War 1914-1918
Sergio Veludo Coelho
06 Dec | 15:00 pm
“On April 2, 1917, under the cover of the early morning mist…”
– The Portuguese in the Trenches: a daily war
Isabel Pestana Marques
13 Dec | 15:00 pm
Portuguese women in the Great War – a precious rearguard
Jorge Eurico Ferreira and Maria Alice Curado
DAYS OF MEMORY – Share your stories and memories of the Great War
On conference days, share your memories of the time of the Great War: tell us about an old photograph or postcard, read a letter from a friend or family member, tell the story you know about a flashlight or a ration ticket that have saved. MAKE HISTORY BY SHARING YOURS. You can also share your stories and memories by writing to [email protected]., or sending them to https://www.facebook.com/memoriasdaguerra. COLLABORATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTIVE IDENTITY.
♦ EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 11th to 28th
CORE I “Memories of the Great War”
LAGOS REGIMENTAL WAREHOUSE
Monday to Friday / 2:6 pm – 15:00 pm (opening outside the indicated hours upon prior request at the Library)
CORE II “The writing of the Great War”
LAGOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
Tuesday to Saturday / 3:10 - 00:13 and 00:14 - 00:18
♦ ACTIONS IN SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY (9th – 12th years)
November – Lecture on the Great War | Org.: Lagos Combatants League Nucleus
November and December – exhibition of themed films | Org.: Municipal Library of Lagos
ORGANIZATION
Lagos City Council | Municipal Library of Lagos | Lagos Combatants League Nucleus
COLLABORATION
Portuguese Army | Directorate of Military History and Culture | League of Combatants | Lagos Military Messe | Municipal Museum of Lagos | Municipal Photo Library of Lagos | Lagos Music Academy
SUPPORT
Delta Cafes | Bookstore Books of Ria Formosa
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