East Coast Branch (USA)
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WFA East Coast BranchWelcome! Western Front Association (WFA) East Coast is part of an international organization founded in the United Kingdom in 1980 with branches in Europe, Canada, Australia, and North America. WFA East Coast is dedicated to furthering interest in the period 1914-1918 and to perpetuating the memory, courage and comradeship of those who served their countries during The Great War (1914-1918).
WFA East Coast studies all aspects of the war, not just the Western Front. We do not seek to glorify or justify war; nor are we a re-enactment society or commercially motivated. The WFA East Coast is entirely non-political and membership is welcome to anyone with a like mind.
Join us on our Facebook Page! For other recent news reporting on WWI related topics, try First World War in the News.
- Our Fall Seminar registration form is now posted on the seminar registration page!
- August 2011 - Our Facebook Page now has more than 225 members!
- Our newly resurrected newsletter is available here - Trench Lines, Vol 2, No 1.
- Our next seminar will be on Saturday, October 29th at the Maryland War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St., Baltimore, MD.
Spend a day with The Great War! WFA East Coast holds two one-day seminars per year in the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington area, bringing together scholars, authors, and students interested in studying WWI history.
Seminar topics include weapons, tactics, and battles of all armies and combat theaters, as well as the political, diplomatic, economic, social, scientific, cultural, and literary dimensions of the Great War.
Fall Seminar - Usually held each November at the Maryland Memorial Building in Baltimore.
Spring Seminar - Held each spring at different locations in the Mid-Atlantic region (DE, MD, PA, and VA).
You can find more information here about WFA East Coast Seminars.
Mid-Atlantic Region
The Western Front Association was founded in the United Kingdom in 1980 with the aim of “furthering interest in the period 1914-1918 to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those of both sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War.” Since its founding, WFA branches have been established throughout the United Kingdom, as well as Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States.
WFA East Coast Branch takes its origins from the 1990 gathering of a handful of WFA members in the United States who organized the WFA East Coast Branch. Among the founders were Ken Finland and military historian and biographer Dr. Paul Braim. During the 1990s, the WFA United States Branch was founded along with several regional WFA chapters.
Since its inception, WFA East Coast has held more than 50 history seminars which have brought together historians, authors, researchers, battlefield travelers and descendents of many who served in the First World War. Topics of interest have ranged not only from the war on the Western Front in all its facets, but the conflict in the East, Middle East, and Africa, the war at sea, and in the air. Aside from military operations and technology, WFA East Coast Branch seminars have also explored the war’s political, social and cultural sides. Seminars have ranged from single-day gatherings to multi-day programs in collaboration with other organizations.
