Awards Banquet Features Andrew Carroll and War Letters

Lines of Fire – One Man’s Search for the Greatest War Letters Ever Written
Saturday, November 3
7:00 p.m.

Words to family penned in a soldier’s hand—Revolutionary, Civil War, Desert Storm—illuminate the soldier, the conflict, and American ideals at the time of war. Andrew Carroll, a New York Times best-selling author, has dedicated himself to collecting and archiving these priceless pieces of American and personal history at the Center for American War Letters (CAWL). Along with showing the banquet audience extraordinary, original letters from CAWL’s collection, Carroll will discuss his latest book, My Fellow Soldiers: General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War. Veterans and others with war letters they’re willing to donate to CAWL (either originals or photocopies) are encouraged to bring them to the event.

To date, Andrew has collected more than 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails from every war in U.S. history and he donated the letters, free of charge, to Chapman University in Orange, California. The university has set up the Center for American War Letters to archive these correspondences forever and bring in more letters as well. Serving as the Center’s founding director, Andrew is currently embarking on the “Million Letters Campaign” to find at least 1,000,000 war-related correspondences, including everything from handwritten missives penned during the Revolution up to emails sent from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Please join us at the 2018 Awards Banquet for a fascinating look at U.S. soldier’s personal experiences and thoughts as they fought for America over the centuries. Banquet attendees do not require conference registration; friends and spouses can attend as well. Tickets can be purchased alone or with conference registration.

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