As I workshopped the play and
word spread about what I was
trying to create, people started
sending me veteran letters they
knew about, books of only veteran letters, podcasts of veterans,
websites that have letters from
every war to even some personal
letters of family members. It became so much that I had to start
telling people please don’t send
me any more letters, I am drowning in letters.
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What additional research did you
do to learn more about each era?
I have always been a historian and
a lover of history. I am a big reader
so I would read books on war, veterans experiences from war and
how wars have shaped our country. I would also watch documentaries and of course movies that
were about a particular war.
Movies were great to watch because you could pick up little details that you never knew about a
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