My Connection with the French Town of Stenay and the 100th American Anniversary Ceremonies in the Meuse-Argonne

 

November 1, 2019

George A. Carlson (above), the grandfather of author and photographer Jeff Lowdermilk, entered the French town of Stenay on the morning of the Armistice, November 11, 1918. A century later, Lowdermilk was in Stenay for ceremonies and events marking the centennial of the end of the war. Now in 2019 he looks back to events of a year ago when his lifetime fascination with World War I came to a crescendo during the weeks leading up to the anniversary, and meditates on how the story of America in the Great War is very often the story of families.

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