BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171109T100000 RDATE:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aee6ea80e15581a4ac2cbd45c843a542 CATEGORIES:Museums and Exhibitions CREATED:20181019T182829 SUMMARY:Doughboys And Flyboys: WWI Stories By Vermonters From The Home And Battlefront exhibit at Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, Vermont LOCATION:1142 DESCRIPTION:Doughboys And Flyboys: WWI Stories By Vermonters From The Home And Battlefr ont exhibit at Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, VermontTo commemorate th e anniversary of the Armistice that ended WWI and those who served, Middleb ury Vermont's Henry Sheldon Museum is featuring the exhibit "Doughboys and Flyboys: WWI Stories by Vermonters From the Home and Battlefront," which ru ns from July 31, 2018 through November 11. According to statistics compiled by Vermont's Adjutant General, approximately 16,000 Vermont men served in the military during WWI, half of whom - 8,000 - were overseas. Of those, 62 9 were killed in action or died in service and 778 were wounded in action. The exhibit concentrates on Vermont's Addison County residents who were in the service during WWI. A public appeal for WWI memorabilia resulted in a s tartling treasure trove of submissions from local families. Statistically, 781 Addison County men served, half overseas. Of those 41 were killed in ac tion or died in service and 43 were wounded in action. Central to the exhib it are the histories, memorabilia, photographs, and letters of three Middle bury residents: Jacob J. Ross, M.D., who served as Flight Surgeon in France with the 17th Aero Squadron caring for the sick and wounded; Waldo Heinric hs, a pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron, known then as 'luckiest man in the war' for surviving two plane crashes and internment in a German hospital; Werner Neuse, a German by birth, who enlisted in the German army as a teena ger shortly after his father, Richard Neuse, also a German soldier, was kil led. Werner Neuse later immigrated to the United State, became a citizen, e arned his graduate degrees and joined the faculty of Middlebury College Ger man Department and helped to start the College's German summer language sch ool. After the war Neuse and Heinrichs lived on the same block of South Str eet in Middlebury, while Ross established his home and office on College St reet. Their stories and those of others from Addison County are featured in the exhibit, as are colorful recruitment and war advocacy posters from the Sheldon's Research Center Archives, together with WWI uniforms, helmets, a rmaments, books, and first-hand accounts. Of special interest are the lette rs sent by the wife of Dr. Ross, Hannah Elizabeth Holmes Ross, who remained at home in Middlebury with three children under the age of 10 . She descri bes the restrictions imposed in Middlebury by the Spanish influenza. Dr. Ro ss returned to Middlebury from the war in March 1919, only for the family t o confront weeks later the death of their middle child, Ruth Ross, age 5, o f bronchial pneumonia. The exhibit culminates with "In Flanders Fields," an eloquent, provocative art installation by internationally-recognized artis t Fran Bull of Brandon, Vermont. Based on the WWI poem by Colonel John McCr ae, who taught pathology at the University of Vermont's Medical School befo re the war, Fran Bull reimagines the verses as visual art. Her points of de parture are the skies with singing birds, fields of red poppies and white c rosses, and the lamentations of corpses. Larks become bomber planes, crosse s and coffins morph into formal grids. Flowers and blood-red rags stand for lost treasures and remembrance.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Doughboys And Flyboys: WWI Stories By Vermonters From The Home And Batt lefront exhibit at Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, Vermont

To co mmemorate the anniversary of the Armistice that ended WWI and those who ser ved, Middlebury Vermont's Henry Sheldon Museum is featuring the exhibit "Do ughboys and Flyboys: WWI Stories by Vermonters From the Home and Battlefron t," which runs from July 31, 2018 through November 11. According to statist ics compiled by Vermont's Adjutant General, approximately 16,000 Vermont me n served in the military during WWI, half of whom - 8,000 - were overseas. Of those, 629 were killed in action or died in service and 778 were wounded in action. The exhibit concentrates on Vermont's Addison County residents who were in the service during WWI. A public appeal for WWI memorabilia res ulted in a startling treasure trove of submissions from local families. Sta tistically, 781 Addison County men served, half overseas. Of those 41 were killed in action or died in service and 43 were wounded in action. Central to the exhibit are the histories, memorabilia, photographs, and letters of three Middlebury residents: Jacob J. Ross, M.D., who served as Flight Surge on in France with the 17th Aero Squadron caring for the sick and wounded; W aldo Heinrichs, a pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron, known then as 'luckies t man in the war' for surviving two plane crashes and internment in a Germa n hospital; Werner Neuse, a German by birth, who enlisted in the German arm y as a teenager shortly after his father, Richard Neuse, also a German sold ier, was killed. Werner Neuse later immigrated to the United State, became a citizen, earned his graduate degrees and joined the faculty of Middlebury College German Department and helped to start the College's German summer language school. After the war Neuse and Heinrichs lived on the same block of South Street in Middlebury, while Ross established his home and office o n College Street. Their stories and those of others from Addison County are featured in the exhibit, as are colorful recruitment and war advocacy post ers from the Sheldon's Research Center Archives, together with WWI uniforms , helmets, armaments, books, and first-hand accounts. Of special interest a re the letters sent by the wife of Dr. Ross, Hannah Elizabeth Holmes Ross, who remained at home in Middlebury with three children under the age of 10 . She describes the restrictions imposed in Middlebury by the Spanish influ enza. Dr. Ross returned to Middlebury from the war in March 1919, only for the family to confront weeks later the death of their middle child, Ruth Ro ss, age 5, of bronchial pneumonia. The exhibit culminates with "In Flanders Fields," an eloquent, provocative art installation by internationally-reco gnized artist Fran Bull of Brandon, Vermont. Based on the WWI poem by Colon el John McCrae, who taught pathology at the University of Vermont's Medical School before the war, Fran Bull reimagines the verses as visual art. Her points of departure are the skies with singing birds, fields of red poppies and white crosses, and the lamentations of corpses. Larks become bomber pl anes, crosses and coffins morph into formal grids. Flowers and blood-red ra gs stand for lost treasures and remembrance.

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