MSU, Cotesworth Center to honor veterans with āThrough the Lines: Holiday Letters from the Frontā
Contact: Anna Owens
STARKVILLE, Miss.āĻć½¶Ö±²„ Libraries continues its āMississippi Land and Literatureā series this holiday season by paying tribute to veterans through readings of historical letters.
Free and open to all, āThrough the Lines: Holiday Letters from the Frontā takes place Sunday [Dec. 8] at 2 p.m. at the Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center in North Carrollton. A reception follows at the center located at 6151 Highway 17 North.
The event will highlight not only soldiersā sacrifices during wartime, but their experiences of being away from home during the holidays.
Doug Robinson, an Air Force veteran and program coordinator for MSUās G.V. āSonnyā Montgomery Center for Americaās Veterans, will read a selection of wartime letters from Ļć½¶Ö±²„Librariesā Special Collections.
Additional program participants include Carroll County residents Wilton Sanders, a World War II Navy veteran, and Linda Cooper Perkins, who has compiled a book of letters from her father, also a World War II veteran.Ģż
The āMississippi Land and Literatureā series seeks to commemorate the stateās agricultural and literary history. The series was designated in 2017 as an official Mississippi Bicentennial event and received funding through Mississippi Bicentennial grants from the Mississippi Development Authority and Mississippi Humanities Council. Maintained by Ļć½¶Ö±²„Libraries, the program furthers the universityās community outreach mission and by providing free cultural heritage programming to a rural area.
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