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R.H. Thomson on The World Remembers Project
Allan welcomes actor and arts advocate R.H. Thompson to discuss his book By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families, and his monumental international commemoration project, The World Remembers (Le Monde Se Souvient). The conversation covers his family history and the letters of his great uncles who served in the First World War, the immense logistical and political challenges of compiling the names of millions of WWI fallen across more than 30 nations, and the transition from traditional collective monuments to individualized, name-by-name remembrance. The discussion also touches on the…
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