#military service
Military recruitment parody posters by Masturbate For Peace, 2002.
Though it didn’t enter World War I until 1917, the United States produced more posters in support of mobilization and civilian service than any other country. The government established a Department of Pictorial Publicity with 300 artists who were ordered to “draw until it hurts.”
The backlash fifty years later against the Vietnam War included the co-opting by activists of propaganda posters. They substituted anti-military themes, often featuring the slogan, “Make Love, Not War.”
Joan Baez and her sisters Mimi and Pauline posed for a poster challenging the popular notion that refusing to serve was cowardly or unmanly. Their message, that liberated women would have sex with draft dodgers, perhaps recalls the heroine Lysistrata, who organized a chastity movement among Greek wives to force peace negotiations.
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Deep gratitude for all who have served ❤️
Artist in Residence Exhibition
‘Summer Has Been Turned To Winter By The Guns’ (2017)
at
The Highlanders’ Museum (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection)
8th October 2017 – 18th March 2018
“It has been a real experience for staff, volunteers, visitors and local schoolchildren to work with our Artist in Residence on this project – seeing our World War One archive through fresh and creative eyes. Robyn Woolston’s exhibition is stunning, thought-provoking and presents a personal response to ‘The Great War’ from the artist and the children and adults who contributed to the project.”
Education Officer, Gill Bird
Project Blog: https://highlandersmuseumww1.tumblr.com
Location:
Fort George is a ‘registered Ancient Monument’ and for over 235 years has been a military garrison and training depot for a Regular Infantry Battalion of the British Army. It is currently home to the 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Set in what was formerly the Lieutenant Governor’s house, the Highlanders’ Museum was founded over 60 years ago. The museum houses more than 5,000 gallantry awards and campaign medals won by the fighting men of the regiment as well as silver and personal artefacts. It also contains a set of Colours carried at the Battle of Waterloo and King Edward VIII’s regimental uniform.
Opening Times: 10.00am - 3.15pm / closed at weekends Dec & Jan
Admission to the Highlanders’ Museum (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection) is FREE but you must pay an admission charge to visit Fort George. Adult - £9.00 Concession - £7.20 Child aged 5–15 - £5.40 Under 5 - FREE
Exhibition Fabrication: G & T Project Management
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Accompanying paperwork (linked to previous photographs) for Capt Lennox Robert Murray Napier served 2nd Camerons 1911-15
He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and on the outbreak of World War 1 he remained there in charge of married families, until rejoining the Battalion, then near Dickebusch, 17th Feb 1915. After being wounded at the battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8th May 1915, he was posted to the 1st Battalion and commanded ‘C’ Company during the trench fighting in the Bethune sector, and at the battle of Bazentin Ridge when he was mortally wounded while leading the assault, and fell into the hands of the Germans.
Died as a Prisoner of War on the 28th July 1916 in a German Field Hospital, of wounds received in action 23rd July 1916. Originally reported missing.
(ACC 79-19)
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… a brave life given for others …
Memorial / 18258 LCpl William Boyd, killed in action 12th October 1917, Passchendaele.
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RESIDENCY LOCATION BACKGROUND.
Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress to the north-east of Inverness. The current fortress has never been attacked and has remained in continuous use as a garrison.
The fortification is based on a star design that remains virtually unaltered.
The Highlanders’ Museum (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection) covers three floors of Fort George’s former Lieutenant Governors’ House.
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Primary School Medal Workshop (photoset 2 of 2)
I’ve been exploring WW1 medals, honours and awards with a group of local primary school children. We’ve taken inspiration from medals found within the collection at the Highlanders Museum, Inverness.
The workshop also considered shape, design, context & colour when creating our imaginary awards.
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For this Memorial Day I give you an obit from my Grandma Alice’s scrapbook. She clipped a good number of them from friends and family that passed over the years. In this instance we have one for Pvt. Joseph Janzer, whose wife apparently worked with my Grandpa George. (I’m guessing it was with him because of the “Dept. 61” listing.) While the obit gives us some cursory, and rather sad background on Pvt. Janzer, I decided to see what else I could find.
Joseph Janzer was a member of the U.S. Army’s 141st Field Artillery, which is known as the Washington Artillery. According to a Cook County genealogy site he was killed in action on February 4, 1945. At that time his unit was fighting in what became known as the Colmar Pocket in Northeast France. This pocket was created by a Nazi offensive that in turn created a bulge into the Allied line. It is not far from the location of this battle that his remains are interred at the Epinal American Cemetery in France.
While it is impossible for me to know, I do hope his wife was able to make it out there at least once to visit him. With that said, someone cared enough to lay these flowers and flags at his gravesite as you can see in this Find A Grave photo. My guess is that Pvt. Janzer has family out there that remember him.
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