Life after War:
Photography and Oral Histories of Coming Home

Newport Public Library
March 21, 2012
7:00 p.m.

When does a war end? Does it ever? Many returning soldiers bring wars back with them, and these wars can reach beyond the battlefield or firefight, infiltrating the very thing that defines comfort and safety: home. Photographer James Lommasson has collected oral histories from returning soldiers and documenting their struggles at home. In this conversation, participants will consider the wars at home faced not only by returning veterans, but also by communities at large.

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – General Douglas MacArthur