On the eve of Veteran's Day, Sabin Howard, sculptor of a new memorial in Washington DC, talks to me of rebellion and the preservation of a sacred fire.
Thank you for this beautifully written examination of this incredible art. What a joy to read and behold and what a fitting tribute to the WWI veterans. It carries the weight of those sacrifices; I can’t imagine how moving it is in person.
Thanks so much for such a thoughtful essay on this magnificent piece of sculpture. I still struggle to process the scale of the sacrifice made by those war generations. Even in the remotest country town here in Australia, you’ll find a war memorial listing the names of the local young men, often from the same family, who left their farms and sheep stations to fight a war for a ‘Mother Country’ they’d never set foot in. Deeply, deeply moving. ‘To the lost’ as my great-grandfather used to say.
I certainly will!
Thank you for this beautifully written examination of this incredible art. What a joy to read and behold and what a fitting tribute to the WWI veterans. It carries the weight of those sacrifices; I can’t imagine how moving it is in person.
Thank you. I'd urge anyone visiting Washington to visit the monument. You won't be disappointed.
Thanks so much for such a thoughtful essay on this magnificent piece of sculpture. I still struggle to process the scale of the sacrifice made by those war generations. Even in the remotest country town here in Australia, you’ll find a war memorial listing the names of the local young men, often from the same family, who left their farms and sheep stations to fight a war for a ‘Mother Country’ they’d never set foot in. Deeply, deeply moving. ‘To the lost’ as my great-grandfather used to say.
Thank you. I will be unable to pay my debt of gratitude to the fallen in person today but I shall say a prayer of thanks in private.