A proposal currently pending before the Georgia House of Representatives would create the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission.
The state Senate recently approved Senate Bill 203 by a 53-0 margin.
If approved, the six-member group would be responsible for collecting information about centennial events statewide and also for planning and executing activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I. The commission will be abolished following the end of centennial activities.
“The goal of Senate Bill 203 is to ensure that Georgia commemorates the 100 year anniversary of World War I in the most honorable way possible,” state Sen. Hunter Hill, R-Atlanta, said in a news release. “It is important that we recognize those who fought and sacrificed their lives for our nation, as well as the role Georgia military units played in individual battles and in ending the war.”