Media Release: Raglan & District Museum Society Inc, 8 April 2015
The Raglan Museum World War 1 exhibition is about the soldiers who left from the district for the battlefields of Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and France. The story is told through film, photographs, artefacts and text. Interviews of descendants reading letters and battle field diaries are included.
A large photo remembrance wall and a touch screen presentation identifies 154 soldiers with a Raglan connection. The exhibition has been enthusiastically developed by volunteers. Many of the community have participated freely offering their family keepsakes for display. The list of soldier names grew from a first assessment of 80. The soldier images from around 20 to nearly one hundred.
The Exhibition opening ceremony will include a bagpipe call to the gathering, a welcome followed by a karanga and a blessing of the exhibition by the local kaumatua and celebrants. Prayers will be offered for the remembrance of those who have passed serving our country. The exhibition will be declared open by the Mayor of Waikato District, Mr Allan Sanson. Morning tea will be served in an adjacent facility.
The Exhibition opening is at 10.00am on 18th April 2015.