This question – posed online by the British Library in 2014 – lies at the heart of debates over recent and current centennial commemoration of the First World War and the achievement of women’s suffrage, long-ago events with remarkable echoes on our current cultural landscape. With examples from both the United Kingdom and the United States, Professor Kitch will discuss how 21st-century public memory bridges media and the arts in order to pay tribute to people of the past and offer new perspectives on the present.