I would love to get up to Albany to see this exhibit. Letters are so powerful.
The New York City Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Water St in lower Manhattan has excerpts from letters carved on it, including one from my late friend Cathleen Cordova, who served as a civilian with Army Special Services Service Clubs. Letters to and from New Jersey soldiers are prominently displayed at the museum attached to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel, NJ.
Letters can bare the soul by what they don’t say as much as what they do. They are a window into lives, experiences, and the times during which they were written. It’s no wonder historians consider them to be such valuable primary sources.
I wonder if their electronic equivalents will have the same lasting effects as the handwritten ones.
I do wonder about the electronic versions of what letters used to be. Newsy emails, if ever even written, seem to have a vastly different tone while social media posts lack detail and nuance. As you described, the "windows into lives" seem so different now -- HD (high definition) if you will, but also lacking something vital and real. The exhibits you describe have such a beauty to them . . .
I would love to get up to Albany to see this exhibit. Letters are so powerful.
The New York City Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Water St in lower Manhattan has excerpts from letters carved on it, including one from my late friend Cathleen Cordova, who served as a civilian with Army Special Services Service Clubs. Letters to and from New Jersey soldiers are prominently displayed at the museum attached to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel, NJ.
Letters can bare the soul by what they don’t say as much as what they do. They are a window into lives, experiences, and the times during which they were written. It’s no wonder historians consider them to be such valuable primary sources.
I wonder if their electronic equivalents will have the same lasting effects as the handwritten ones.
I do wonder about the electronic versions of what letters used to be. Newsy emails, if ever even written, seem to have a vastly different tone while social media posts lack detail and nuance. As you described, the "windows into lives" seem so different now -- HD (high definition) if you will, but also lacking something vital and real. The exhibits you describe have such a beauty to them . . .