How do we honor the memory of those who have died in America's wars? What do we choose to preserve, and what do we choose to leave behind?
There are different practices.
Sergeant Joyce Kilmer was 31 years-old in 1918 when he died in battle in the First World War. To honor his memory, the American Legion preserved his childhood home. His hometown of New Brunswick also named a street after him, and commemorative parks soon opened in Brooklyn, the Bronx, North Carolina and all over the world.
Joyce Kilmer's wife, on the other hand, burned all of their private letters, thereby shielding their private relationship from a public that was quick to view her husband as a martyr.
Join Thinkery & Verse and the New Brunswick Historical Association on an exploration of the memories of the Joyce Kilmer House, the childhood home of the internationally famous poet and war writer.
There are different practices.
Sergeant Joyce Kilmer was 31 years-old in 1918 when he died in battle in the First World War. To honor his memory, the American Legion preserved his childhood home. His hometown of New Brunswick also named a street after him, and commemorative parks soon opened in Brooklyn, the Bronx, North Carolina and all over the world.
Joyce Kilmer's wife, on the other hand, burned all of their private letters, thereby shielding their private relationship from a public that was quick to view her husband as a martyr.
Join Thinkery & Verse and the New Brunswick Historical Association on an exploration of the memories of the Joyce Kilmer House, the childhood home of the internationally famous poet and war writer.