WWI Exhibit Reception Friday at Sheldon Museum

Past event
Aug 10, 2018, 4 to 6 PM

Opening Reception: Friday, Aug. 10, 4-6 pm for exhibit "Doughboys and Flyboys: WWI Stories by Vermonters from Home and Battlefront" at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. WWI photographs, letters, posters, and memorabilia, most of which relates to Vermont's Addison County residents who were in the service during WW are on view. The exhibit culminates with "In Flanders Field," an eloquent, provocative art installation by internationally- recognized artist Fran Bull of Brandon, Vermont. Based on WWI poem by a Colonel John McCrae, the installation is a moving and powerful meditation on war. The reception is free and open to the public. Exhibit runs through November 11, 2018. The Sheldon Museum is located at One Paek Street, Middlebury. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.HenrySheldonMuseum.org or call the Sheldon at 802-388-2117.

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