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Reading Our Stories: Exploring the Veteran’s Experience through Literature
Discussion Groups Sponsored by the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the National Humanities Center
In early 2017, chaplains from the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System led explorations of the Veteran’s experience through fiction and poetry in discussion groups in Raleigh, Durham, and Greenville.
“Reading Our Stories” has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor. Participants considered how storytellers from ancient times to the present day have interpreted the foundations of military service—patriotism, duty, loyalty, sacrifice, and heroism. They examined what happens in combat and how combat affects soldiers and, through them, family and friends. And they explored how the nation remembers, honors, and sometimes exploits the Veteran’s service.
The Durham group focused on the experience of women Veterans. The Raleigh and Greenville groups were open to all Veterans and their family members.
Locations, Dates, and Times
| Durham, NC: for women Veterans only | Raleigh, NC: open to all Veterans and their families | Greenville, NC: open to all Veterans and their families |
|---|---|---|
| Location Women’s Health Clinic, Durham VA Medical Center508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 |
Location Raleigh Vet Center8851 Ellstree Lane #122 Raleigh, NC 27617 |
Location Greenville VA Health Care Center, 2nd Floor Chaplain Service Conference Room401 Moye Boulevard Greenville, NC 27834 |
| Mondays, 3:00–4:30 pm January 9, 2017 February 13, 2017 March 13, 2017 April 10, 2017 May 8, 2017 |
Saturdays, 9:00–10:30 am January 14, 2017 February 11, 2017 March 11, 2017 April 8, 2017 May 13, 2017 |
Tuesdays, 1:00–2:30 pm January 24, 2017 February 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 April 25, 2017 May 23, 2017 |
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.