Jan 11 2008
“Blogging” from the trenches: experiences of a British WWI Soldier
Bill Lamin, grandson of Pvt. Harry Lamin, has been posting his grandfather’s war letters in “real time” on a blog, simulating the experience that the family had while waiting for updates from Harry during WWI. I happened to read an article about this on the BBC website (this Telegraph article has more details).
This blog effort is a great example of the fascination and interest that real documents and letters hold for people. What an interesting way to promote the need for preservation of the past. Even though this wasn’t set up by an archive (that I could find, anyway), I think that it would be an interesting way to set up some kind of interactive exhibit, outreach website, or display. Promoting the concept that history was once the present, and that these documents connect us to the past– I can get behind that.
Link to WWi: Experiences of an English Soldier
Link to War Diary of the 9th Battalion of York & Lancaster Regiment