ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate today approved a bill to create the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission.
The six-member group is tasked with 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 30 days after 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.”
The bill was approved by a 53-0 margin and now moves to the Georgia House of Representatives for consideration.
The United States on April 6, 1917, declared war on the German Empire. Money and resources flowed into Europe first, and troops arrived on the continent in 1918.
