This moving production reveals a poignant and powerful oral history of the American soldier currently fighting the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Letters Home, is based on Frank Schaeffer's books, Voices From the Front, Letters Home From America's Military Family, Faith of Our Sons, and Keeping Faith – inspired by the New York Times articles, The Things They Wrote and the subsequent HBO documentary, Last Letters Home. Grades 7-12.

Student Workshops are available for this performance with Capitol Center teaching artists.

Curriculum Links:
NH Social Studies: Civics and Govenrment:12:3.2: Discuss the relationship between domestic and foreign policy, e.g., farm subsidies or the impact of the 2003 Iraq war on the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain.

CSD Social Studies History Proficiency Standard 17h: i>Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of the recent United States (1949 - present) including the Civil Rights and women's movements; new immigration policies; foreign policy developments; the Cold War; post-World War II conflicts; technological and economic change; expanding religious diversity and the growth of religious evangelicalism; and the United States in the contemporary world.