Please join us Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 6:30p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall for the film screening of More Than a Medal. The film explores the work of the Valor Medals Review Task Force at the George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War. The 25-minute documentary, More Than a Medal, produced by Lame Deer Films in cooperation with the Robb Centre, interweaves the efforts of the researchers working against time, untold heroic stories of courage on the battlefields of France, on the seas and in the air, and the experience of modern-day descendants as they maintain cautious hope of recognition.

The Valor Medals Review Task Force was mandated by Congress to review the military records of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, and Native American servicemembers of World War I to determine if they should have received a Medal of Honor, but were overlooked due to race. To be eligible for review, a veteran must have received a Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross and/or the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and/or been recommended for a Medal of Honor.

To date, researchers have identified 214 servicemembers — 105 Jewish Americans, 73 African Americans, 23 Native Americans, 12 Hispanic Americans and one Asian American — who have qualified for review.

For more information, please contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or 501-916-3336.

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Topics include Indian Boarding Schools as Recruitment Centers and Comanche Code Talkers of World War I. Additional speakers will discuss the Choctaw Code Talkers and Osage involvement during the war.

The symposium is free and a light lunch will be provided. Teachers can earn up to four (4) professional development hours through attendance. Afternoon entertainment will feature songs of World War I by the Conway Women’s Chorus. At 1:45pm, the grand opening of the companion exhibit will take place.  Registration is limited. The deadline for registration will be Friday, October 27, so be sure to register soon.

Associated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Sequoyah National Research Center maintains the largest collection of Native American expression in the world and works to acquire and preserve the writings and ideas of Native North Americans.

For more information about the symposium or to register, contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or call  501-569-8336.

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