11/26/2023 0 Comments Bowker songs of remembrance![]() The late Rabbi Chaim Stern kindly granted me an interview in 1999. I have credited individual respondents in the endnotes, and have quoted from their comments with their permission. My thanks also go to the ordinary readers who identified their favorite poems and who answered my “Author’s Query” about schoolroom recitation they enriched my study immeasurably. I greatly appreciate their encouragement and unstinting expenditure of time and effort on my behalf. ![]() Viii ™ Acknowledgments Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz, and Rosemary Ellis of the “Favorite Poem Project” generously made the project’s database available to me. Hyland, Jr., Carl Kaestle, Meredith McGill, Brenda Meehan, David Nord, Lewis Perry, Morris Pierce, Janice Radway, Cynthia Rubin, Linda Rubin, Michael Schudson, Barbara Sicherman, Caroline Sloat, and Trysh Travis. For particular contributions-astute commentary, research leads, and various forms of support-I thank Norma Bagley, Daniel Borus, Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Theodore Brown, John Cole, George Cotkin, David Brion Davis, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Lynn Gordon, Robert Gross, John Hench, Barbara Hochman, David Hollinger, John W. My colleagues in the University of Rochester History Department have been lively company as well. I am also indebted to my collaborators on A History of the Book in America, of which David Hall is general editor, and to its sponsor, the American Antiquarian Society, for giving me an invaluable sense of common purpose as I worked on this book. Hall, who has influenced my thinking over many years Stanley Engerman, the ideal intelligent reader and Scott Casper, who wrote an insightful anonymous reader’s report and subsequently identified himself to me. Foremost in that category are three people who read the entire manuscript: David D. N Readers remake texts, but readers who share the professional commitments of the author also help to make texts in the first place. ISBN-13: 978-6-6 ISBN-10: 6-2 Cataloging-in-Publication data is available from the Library of Congress. THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESSĬambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2007Ĭopyright © 2007 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Finalists in the First World War Centenary "Lest We Forget" poetry competition will be reading their poems (Hall of Memories, 1pm).SONGS of OURSELVES The Uses of Poetry in America New Zealand's Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata will be presenting Duty and Adventure, a reflection on why he joined the New Zealand Defence Force and a look ahead to the centenary in August (7.30am, WWI Sanctuary).ĭuring the day, the kids can make poppies at Weird and Wonderful (noon-4pm) while film buffs can join Gaylene Preston for a screening and talk about Illuminate 2014, the spirit of New Zealanders in 1914 at the beginning of World War I (Te Korowai Room, 12.30pm). ![]() It is the city's place to honour and commemorate the fallen.Īs well as the Anzac Day Services (Dawn Service 6am, Civic Service 11am, Court of Honour) there will be performances in the World War I Sanctuary of rousing wartime melodies by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Trio (6.45am-7.20am and 8am-8.20am) and songs from Auckland Youth Choir (9am) and the Graduate Choir New Zealand (11.45am). The Museum, opened in 1929, was built from subscriptions raised to commemorate that New Zealand sent more men to fight in World War I per head of population than any other nation. Until April 27 April, 9am-4pm, Estuary Arts Centre, 214b Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa. And leave your thoughts and memories in the remembrance book. Time your visit to bring the children to hear Anzac stories (yes, they deal with the themes of war and sacrifice). The Naval Museum at Torpedo Bay hosts an interactive exhibition, Field of Poppies - visitors make a paper poppy and help the field grow during the day. Register to comment on the blogs or take part in the forums. ![]() If you would like to be involved you can suggest a project, nominate a school, or contribute as a community member if you are not involved in formal education. This inclusive community, aims to turn lessons from the past into learnings to shape the future. Students from France and New Zealand are already partnering to carry out projects of remembrance for the commemoration period 2014-2018. Although the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I do not start until August, the website is already full of stories, resources for researching your family's involvement and a register of events. Education and arts events are a great way to reflect on the sacrifices of war.
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