{"id":510,"date":"2010-09-16T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?510"},"modified":"2010-09-16T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T16:46:00","slug":"art-gallery-poetry-event-for-hero-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/art-gallery-poetry-event-for-hero-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Art gallery poetry event for hero soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Southport Art Gallery is helping to support soldiers with a poetry-inspired event next month.<\/p>\n
In honour of World War I poet Wilfred Owen the gallery is launching a week-long exhibition on October 31st to raise money for Help for Heroes, the Midweek Advertiser reported.<\/p>\n
Owen was killed at the Battle of the Sambre 92 years ago, just a week before the war came to an end.<\/p>\n
The theme for the display is Dulce et Decorum Est and is inspired by Owen's work, which highlighted the conditions faced by World War I soldiers each day.<\/p>\n
Local photographer and event organiser David Chadderton said the event honours all soldiers.<\/p>\n
"Today, our British troops face a very different threat and operate in extreme conditions in many parts of the world," he commented.<\/p>\n
The exhibition will feature the work of members of the Creative Arts Initiative.<\/p>\n
Help for Heroes has recently received a boost of more than £10,000 following a cross-Channel kite-surfing relay race involving personnel from the Army, Navy and RAF.<\/p>\n
Posted by Samantha Thompson
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