Virginia Museum of History and Culture exhibit, is now on display at the Central Virginia Regional Library, 1303 West Third Street, in Farmville.
The Museum explains the motivation behind this exhibit: “Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon—when communist forces invaded the capital of South Vietnam and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City—Virginians still feel the impact of the Vietnam War, a long, costly, and controversial conflict.”
They further state that the project “examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath.”
The traveling exhibit consists of 10 double-sided retractable banner units and access to oral history interviews featuring a variety of individuals including Vietnamese American refugees, veterans, family members on the home front, and pro and anti-war activists. Presentations related to this theme will be announced soon.
The traveling exhibit is brought to Farmville by the Piedmont Area Veterans Council, which serves Appomattox, Amelia, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward Counties. Home and Abroad, a free writing program for military, veterans, and family, is also providing support for the project, which will be open to visitors in the library’s central space from April 22 to June 2.
The Barbara Rose Johns Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library is the local branch and headquarters of Central Virginia Regional Library. They provide books, magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, large print books, videos, public computers, free Wi-Fi, as well as e-books and digital audiobooks.
