"The Mission Continues" 50-State Book Tour for
BEHIND THE LINES:
Powerful and Revealing American
and Foreign War Letters — and One Man's
Search to Find Them
A message from Legacy Project founder Andrew Carroll:
Throughout 2005 I will be embarking on a 50-state tour not only to talk about Behind the Lines, but to spread the word about the Legacy Project's on-going efforts to preserve wartime correspondences. Those who have war letters or e-mails they would like to share are encouraged to bring photocopies of them to the events listed below, as I would love to see them.
Even if people have no letters to bring and are not interested in buying the new book, I hope they will still feel welcome to come to these events and participate in the larger discussion that I would like Behind the Lines to inspire about the realities of warfare and the impact it has on military personnel and their families. This subject, I believe, could not be more relevant. Active duty troops are very modest about what they do and ask for little in return, but, regardless of the war, they often become frustrated when they feel that public support on the homefront has started to fade. "By the way, if you want to do some real good back home," an American soldier wrote to his wife from the front lines, "every time you hear somebody say that the war will be over soon, look them straight in the eye and tell them that a lot of people are still dying over here." That letter was written in 1944. Almost sixty years later, American troops fighting in Afghanistan began to express very similar sentiments. E-mails and letters from Iraq are now starting to say the same.
The Legacy Project was founded so that we never forget the sacrifices made by those who serve. That mission not only continues, it seems to grow more urgent with every passing day.
DECEMBER
Thursday, December 8 - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
Talk, discussion, and book signing
7:00 pm
2200 Parks Ave.
Virginia Beach, VA
(757) 425-0000
http://www.cacv.org
Admission is free
Saturday, December 17 - BETHLEHEM, CT
The Abbey of Regina Laudis
Book signing
2:00 ? 3:00 pm
273 Flanders Road
Bethlehem, CT
(203) 264 2733
Admission is free
Directions to Abbey:
>From I-84 going East or West: Take Exit 15 and follow Route 6 North through Woodbury. Turn left onto Flanders Road where there is a sign for the Abbey. In 4 miles the entrance to the Abbey is on your right
>From the North: Take Route 63 to Litchfield. Turn right onto Route 61 through Bethlehem, and at the cemetery bear right, then turn left onto Flanders Road. The Abbey is one mile further on your left