WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY

The Rome Lions Club will meet today at noon at Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue. Lions Past District Gov. David White of Marietta will speak about the Georgia Camp for the Blind.

The Rome Seven Hills Rotary Club will meet today at noon at Coosa Country Club, 110 Branham Ave. The program will be presented by outgoing GRSP student Camilla Moreno.

A Laughercize Class will meet today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center, 1325 Kingston Road. For details call Angie Robinson at 706-5068929.

The Sgt. Billy Freeman Korean War Veterans Association Post 1

will meet today at 6 p.m. at American Legion Post 52, 1205 Calhoun Ave. For details call 706-234-8424.

The Rome Area History Museum and the Duke Museum of Military

History announce “A Snapshot in Time,” a program on the 100-year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I, with an emphasis on the military weaponry developed during this era. Speakers include Leslie Duke, executive director of the Duke Museum of Military History, and local historian Johnny Davis. This free event will be held today at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Rome Area History Museum, 305 Broad St. The program will highlight a brief overview of the world conditions that led to the United States’ entry into WWI and Georgia’s role in sending recruits to war, then focus on the technology of modern warfare and how these weapons changed our world. For details contact Leigh Barba at 706-2358051 or leighb@romehistorymuseum.org.