Austrian Ambassador at the Centennial Commemoration of the U.S decision to enter into the Great War
Produced by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the ceremony “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” took place at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Thursday, April 6, 2017.
Ambassador Waldner (left) with colleagues at the Centennial Commemoration of the U.S. Entry into World War I.
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Memories of the Great War were presented through writings, including selections from speeches, journalism, literature and poetry, as well as performances of important music of the time. Ambassador Waldner read a diplomatic note by Ottokar Czernin, foreign minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in reaction to the U.S. declaration of war on Germany.
Ambassador Wolfgang Waldner (left) with the Governor of Missouri, Eric Greitens.
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