Nov 11, 2012
Santa Fe writer and photographer Jeffrey A. Lowdermilk set out to connect with his grandfather’s World War I memories by capturing images of America’s military monuments and cemeteries of both world wars throughout Europe. Through that effort, he built friendships with American and German veterans of World War II and, in a 2011 ceremony of reconciliation, saw onetime combatants achieve a place
At 2 pm on Sunday, Nov. 11, Lowdermilk will talk about those experiences in “Remembrance: America’s World War Legacies in Europe,” a Veterans Day lecture in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents, and Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, is free to all veterans and active-duty personnel. (The museum is closed on Monday, Nov. 12.)
