5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
University of Missouri-Columbia campus
Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge III (5 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
Research Center-Columbia (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
This event honoring those who have served in the armed forces will capture your senses as authors read excerpts from Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, a two-volume anthology of essays, fiction, poetry, and interviews by and about veterans and their families. Tours of the MU Veterans Center will be available, and a book signing and reception at the Research Center-Columbia will feature artifacts from the military collections as well as the Year of Peril series of World War II paintings by Thomas Hart Benton.
The evening is cosponsored by SHSMO and the MU Veterans Center, in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC), Southeast Missouri State University Press, Warrior Arts Alliance, and MU Army ROTC. The first fifty veterans at the signing will receive a free copy of the book thanks to the MHC.
http://shs.umsystem.edu/outreach/events/index.shtml#veterans