Museum showing WWI film, ‘Joyeux Noel’

| December 8, 2016

COSHOCTON – The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum will be showing the film, “Joyeux Noel”, on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. “Joyeux Noel” is a 2005 film about the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914. The film is a fictionalized account of an actual event as seen through the eyes of French, British, and German soldiers. “Joyeux Noel”, which is French for Merry Christmas is a French film with English subtitles.

The program will be in the Montgomery Gallery where the exhibit, “Remembering the Great War: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of WWI”, is displayed. The program is free but reservations are required. Attendees are welcome to bring their own snacks and drinks. Popcorn will be provided.

“Remembering the Great War”, sponsored by Auer Ace Hardware in Coshocton, will be on display through Dec. 31. The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is located at 300 N. Whitewoman Street, in Historic Roscoe Village, Coshocton. The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, 1 – 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact the museum at 740-622-8710, via email at jhmuseum@jhmuseum.org, or visit its website www.jhmuseum.org. The Ohio Arts Council also helped fund this event with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

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