Dickinson High seniors attend veterans images exhibit – The Dickinson Press

DICKINSON — On Wednesday morning, 12 seniors from Dickinson High School gathered on the Southwest Art Gallery and Science Center (SWAG-SC) to listen to from veterans and expertise Images of Freedom: Military Veterans Photography Exhibition.

The exhibit, which has been open since June, options images and tales of American veterans from each main battle since World War I. Many of the pictures have been contributed by veterans and households proper right here in Dickinson.

Of her curating expertise, Cherie Roshau, Vice President of SWAG-SC, stated: “It was the greatest honor to sit down with these vets and hear their stories.”

From the exhibit’s inception, Roshau has all the time hoped to share it with the scholars of the neighborhood, as a result of in her view, educating youthful generations to recollect and perceive the price of freedom is a vital and worthy endeavor.

The college students that gathered on the exhibit are all members of a category supplied to Dickinson High seniors referred to as Careers in Government. The class goals to organize college students who’re fascinated by pursuing public service. They have visited numerous authorities businesses in Dickinson to introduce college students to the varied potentialities of presidency employment. Other visits have launched college students to careers in public works, native authorities and sanitation.

During their go to, the Careers in Government class heard from two veterans: Art Wanner of the North Dakota National Guard, and Dr. Richard Brauhn of the United States Army. Together, they counseled a navy profession to the group of scholars who’re trying ahead to their commencement in May. Brauhn shared that his time in Vietnam finally offered him alternatives to develop in self-discipline, a attribute that finally ready him for a profitable profession in increased training. Wanner additionally appealed to them by explaining the wonderful insurance coverage and advantages obtainable to them, ought to they pursue a navy profession.

Perhaps probably the most useful lesson imparted this morning, nonetheless, was the significance of asking service members about their experiences.

“I encourage you to do what you can to talk to these elder gentlemen and ladies who served in the military. Find out what they did. It’s important. It’s important to your family history,” stated Wanner.

He and Roshau went on to elucidate that whereas it could be onerous for his or her grandparents or members of the family to speak about their time in fight, it is a vital pursuit, lest their heroism be forgotten.

The Dickinson High seniors then spent an hour of their faculty day touring the exhibit and studying veterans’ tales — a few of that are being informed for the primary time. During this time, they put Wanner’s recommendation into apply, as they requested questions and listened to a number of of his and Brauhn’s accounts of their time spent in service to their nation.

Images of Freedom is open at SWAG-SC till November. From there, Roshau hopes to see it journey to different areas in southwest North Dakota with a purpose to promote extra conversations about veterans’ experiences.

Olivia covers native information and neighborhood curiosity matters for The Dickinson Press. She is a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, the place she studied English and performed softball. For story ideas or inquiries, you’ll be able to attain Olivia at 701-456-1213 or ofeddeler@thedickinsonpress.com.