FORUM Spring 2016

Bringing War Home

Highlights:

• Florida Veterans’ Stories
• The Difficulties Faced by Vets
• Lessons from the Presidency
• Oasis in Jim Crow Florida
• Poetry of Bugs
• An Everglades Village

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Bringing War Home
Re-entering the civilian world can be daunting for veterans— especially those who come home with traumatic injuries to their bodies or minds. Meet Florida veterans and hear their stories. Also: Learn more about PTSD, sexual trauma in the military, and where vets can go for help.

• Carving out a new life
• Veterans in Florida
• Hope and humanity, love and loss
By Gary R. Mormino

Lessons from the American presidency

How Florida became the state to watch
By Susan A. MacManus

An oasis in Jim Crow Florida
By Lu Vickers

The poetry of bugs
By Maurice J. O’Sullivan

My Favorite Florida Place
A village thrives in the Everglades

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Produced by the Florida Humanities Council

Publication Title

FORUM Magazine

Publication Date

2016 – Spring