The 11th of November, the day of the Armistice, which marked the official end of the First World War, in 1918, was chosen by the City of Lagos to start the cycle “The War for Peace”, which aims to focus on the idea of Peace and the urgent need for its defense, for the “war for it”. The initiative runs until December 13th.
«This is a unique program in the Algarve, integrated in the nationwide program of commemorations for the centenary of the Great War, which involved a transversal work of many sectors of the municipality linked to culture and education, but also voluntary work by the Lagos Nucleus of the Liga dos Combatentes and many individuals», he stressed, in statements to the Sul Informação, the councilor for Culture of the Lacobrigense City Council.
Maria Fernanda Afonso added that, in addition to the film cycle, conferences and exhibitions, the “Aguerra pela Paz” initiative gives “a great focus on working with schools, even taking 9th grade students to debates with elements of the League Nucleus of Combatants and cinema sessions». For, if the objective is not to let the memory of a war “in which Portugal participated and in which it entered with closed eyes, not knowing what it was going to be lost”, it is necessary to bet on the younger people to keep that memory alive.
And why this highlight so great, with an ambitious program that stands out at a regional level? «Lagos has a very active League of Combatants Nucleus, has a great military tradition and, in addition, there were people here who died in this First World War», explains the councilor. «That's why we bet on this programming».
Programming in various areas
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 program of the “A Guerra pela Paz” initiative, organized by the Municipality of Lagos, (through the Dr. Júlio Dantas Municipal Library) and by the Lagos Nucleus of the Liga dos Combatentes, includes the presentation of a movie cycle at the Lagos Cultural Center (“From the Front Line – insane records”), the realization of a conference cycle in the Municipal Library of Lagos (“We were the ones”), with the presence of reputable national researchers, and to whom the “Days of Remembrance” (Portuguese and European project for the rescue and construction of national and European memory and identity).
It also has the organization of a exposure structured in two nuclei, a museological and iconographic one – “Memories of the Great War”, on display at the Lagos Regimental Warehouse, and a bibliographic one – “The writing of the Great War”, on display at the Municipal Library of Lagos.
There are also actions of nature pedagogical for 9th to 12th grade students in the county's schools: lectures on the Great War, in November, given by the Lagos Combatants League Nucleus, and thematic films, provided by BML, in the months of November and December.
PROGRAM
THE WAR FOR PEACE - CENTENARY OF THE GREAT WAR
NOVEMBER 11th to DECEMBER 13th
Municipal Library of Lagos | Regimental Warehouse of Lagos | Lagos Cultural Center EB2,3, Tecnopólis and Gil Eanes Secondary Schools
CINEMA CYCLE
"From the Front Line - Insane Records"
CULTURAL CENTER OF LAGOS | 21:00 pm
12 Nov | Gallipoli, by Peter Weir. Australia, 1981. 107 min. Color.
19 Nov | Nothing new west of 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"
MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF LAGOS
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…” – Portuguese experiences in the trenches of Flanders
Isabel Pestana Marques
13 Dec | 15:00 pm
Portuguese women in the Great War – a precious backup in health
Jorge Eurico Ferreira and Maria Alice Curado
Note: More information about the conferences at www.cm-lagos.pt (Library section)
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.
EXPOSURE
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 hours and days indicated upon prior request at the Library)
11th of NOV. on DECEMBER 13
CORE II “The writing of the Great War”
MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF LAGOS
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 | 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
Bookstore Books of Ria Formosa | FuturLagos EM, SA
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