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Traveling World War I Exhibition Rolls into Long Beach

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By Staff Reports

 | Thursday, 19 January 2012 04:55

12:27pm | Waddell & Reed's “Honoring Our History” Traveling World War I Exhibition will roll into Long Beach for its 32nd stop on a national 75-city tour on Saturday, January 28, from 9:00am to 8:00pm. Admission to the World War I Exhibition is free.

On January 28, visitors can experience the sites and sounds of World War I – and honor World War I veterans and all veterans since. This Traveling World War I Exhibition will be located at The Queen Mary at 1126 Queens Highway. Visitors will experience the tight conditions of trench warfare, see the relatively primitive tools, weapons, equipment and uniforms of a war from nearly 100 years ago.

This is all a part of the Waddell & Reed “Honoring Our History” Tour. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Waddell & Reed – working in partnership with the National World War I Museum – developed an 18-wheel traveling World War I exhibition that is visiting 75 cities from coast to coast in 2011/2012.

The tour is designed to raise funds and awareness for cultural institutions across the country during tough economic times. Funds raised at each stop will be divided between the American Diabetes Foundation and the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. – the first and only WWI museum designated by U.S. Congress.

The event at The Queen Mary is being coordinated by the Waddell & Reed office in Torrance. Waddell & Reed is one of the country’s oldest mutual fund companies. The two founders of Waddell & Reed – Chauncey Waddell and Cameron Reed – were World War I veterans. The exhibit includes Chauncey Waddell’s flight gear, his flight suit and log book.

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