6:00 am – Battle’s O’er Worldwide Bagpipe Tribute – Celtic Kula Pipe Band (shown here)

A nationwide, mass playing of the retreat march, When the Battle’s O’er, outside cathedrals and other locations.

9:00 am – WWI History Museum and Film Festival Opens

Open to public with exhibits and costumed re-enactors from the Hawaii Historic Arms Association, Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame, Hawaii State Library, Red Cross of Hawaii, Friends of the Natatorium and others. Historians will be on hand for talk story and Q&A.

9:00 am – Talk Story: Anita Manning, WWI Centennial Historian

9:30 am – FILM: Lafayette Escadrille Preview (10 mins.)

Short preview of the first comprehensive documentary about the Lafayette Escadrille, the all-true story of the American pilots who volunteered to fly for France in World War I.

9:30 am – Talk Story: Sonny Tanabe, US Olympic Swimmer & Historian

9:45 am – FILM: A Soldier’s Journey Short Film Premier (10 mins.)

A Premier of the US World War I Commission sponsored short film, telling the story of World War I through sculpture being created by Sabin Howard for the National World War I Memorial.

10:00 am – FILM: The Tank (46 mins.) + Saving the War Memorial Natatorium (4 mins.)

The Tank is a 2016 documentary film about Hawaii’s WWI Memorial, the Natatorium, gives the history of the memorial and a peek inside the gates locked since 1979.

Following, is a short film created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to urge citizen action as the City of Honolulu prepares to release an Environmental Impact Statement that will determine the fate of the War Memorial Natatorium.

10:00 am – Talk Story: Keith Arakaki, Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame Inductee

10:00 am – Vintage Aviation Airshow and Flyover

Stunning display of vintage aircraft passing over and around the site of the commemoration the Waikiki NatatoriumWar Memorial.

10:15 am – Rolling Thunder Motorcycles to Arrive with Bagpipe Salute