“Ernie Pyle and the Story of a Lost Photograph,” a World War II history presentation by Mark Foynes, executive director of the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro on Thursday, March 25 at 7 pm in the Chick Room at the Madison Library
Ernie Pyle, a roving reporter and war correspondent wrote of the average enlisted man in a folksy style that personalized the war for millions of Americans.
When Pyle was killed by Japanese fire in 1945, the U.S. government ordered the immediate destruction of a photograph of Pyle’s body, fearing that the image would shatter American morale on the home front. The Wright Museum’s collection includes one of the very few surviving prints of this rare photograph.
This presentation chronicles and celebrates Pyle’s career and writings, discusses the details of Pyle’s final hours, and examines the persistence of his place in our historical memory.
All are welcome to this free program.