A New Kind of War Memorial: Letter to an Unknown Soldier This summer a new kind of war memorial will be made by thousands of people across the UK – and you are invited to be part of it. ‘Letter to an Unknown Soldier’ is inspired by a statue that stands on Platform 1 of Paddington Station in London, representing all the millions of soldiers who died – a statue of an ordinary soldier in battle dress, reading a letter. In a centenary year already jammed-full of commemorations, from TV dramas and documentaries, to politicians’ speeches and memorial ceremonies, you are invited to step back from these public offerings and to take a few private moments to think: if you could say what you wanted to say about that war, with all we’ve learned since 1914, with all your own experience of life and death to hand, what would you say? If you were now able to write to the unknown soldier, a man who served and was killed during World War One, what would you write? The project is commissioned by 14-18 Now, in partnership with the BBC, and produced in association with Free Word. Everyone is invited to contribute to the project by writing that letter. All the letters will be collected and published online. Letters have already been received by Stephen Fry, Andrew Motion, Kamila Shamsie, Owen Jones, Lee Child, Malorie Blackman and Sheila Hancock among many others. Please, add your voice, and help create a new kind of war memorial, a new kind of public artwork – one made entirely of words. Find out more at 1418NOW/letter. REF: nff.org.uk/news/1015-a-new-kind-of-war-memorial-letter-to-an-unknown-soldier
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:11:16 +0000
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