New exhibit at National World War I Museum features more personal artifacts
Visitors will see simple items that reveal what life was like on the battlefield and off
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Updated: 5:18 PM CST Jan 27, 2021
Visitors will see simple items that reveal what life was like on the battlefield and off
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Updated: 5:18 PM CST Jan 27, 2021
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AND IT’S DIFFERENT THAN MOST. IT TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES TO EXPLAIN WHICH ARTIFACTS END UP IN THE MUSEUM, AND WHY. THE NEW EXHIBIT ASKS THE QUESTION WHY KEEP THAT? IT SHOWS NOT ONLY HOW THE ARTIFACTS ARE PRESERVED BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THEM. THE MUSEUM IS NOT JUST THE MAIN GALLERY FILLED WITH WAR-RELATED OBJECTS. IT’S THE STORIES THEY TELL. >> PARTICULAR -- WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBITIO IS MUCH MORE PERSONAL OBJECTS, TICKETS, CARDS, LETTERS, THINGS THAT ARE VERY INTIMATE. KELLY: YOU WILL SEE SIMPLE ITEMS THAT REVEAL WHAT WAS -- WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE ON AND OFF THE BATTLEFIELD. ONE WOMAN JOURNALED HER DAILY EMOTIONS, INCLUDING HER JOY ON THE DAY THE WAR ENDED. IN THE GALLERY YOU SEE UNIFORMS WORN BY ARMY NURSES. HERE YOU MIGHT GET TO KNOW ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO WORE SUCH A UNIFORM LIKE ULTA MAY ANDREWS. >> WE HAVE THIS 400 PAGE MEMOIR OF ALL OF HER CORRESPONDENCE THAT SHE SENT HOME FROM THE WAR. IT IS THE INSIGHT OF NOT ONLY THE WORK SHE WAS DOING BUT TALKING ABOUT THE MORE CIVILIAN STYLE LIFE WITH TRAVEL AND EXPERIENCES. KELLY: WHY KEEP THAT IS AN EXHIBIT THAT HELPS UNDERSTAND EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE REAL-LIFE STORIES DURING A TRAGIC TIME. WHAT IT TELLS YOU IS WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AT THE TIME AND HOW PEOPLE WERE PROCESSING THIS PROFO