The Lawrence Library will host historian and photographer Erik L. Burro for a presentation on the role of the Princeton University military flying school during World War I.
Burro will also have a Doughboys memorial photo exhibit featured in the library during the month of March. “Legacy of Remembrance: Photographs by Erik L. Burro,” presents a series of large format black-and-white photographs of over two dozen WWI monuments around New Jersey, plus a few from neighboring states.
Burro is a historian and photographer who has many years’ experience with historic character portrayals and historic site multimedia productions, mostly since the 1976 bicentennial celebrations.
This WWI series has been a passion project he’s pursued on his travels around the state in the past two years, ever since he became intrigued with a WWI monument in his adopted hometown of Burlington. After researching its history, he started noticing more of these largely forgotten monuments, leading him to document as many of them as possible, in tribute to the 1917-1918 centennial of America’s involvement in the Great War.
The exhibit opens on Sunday, March 3 with a reception starting at 2 p.m. The photos will remain on view through the month of March during library hours.
On Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. Burro will give the presentation, The Flyboys of Princeton, on the role of the Princeton University military flying school during World War I.
The program will be held at the Lawrence Library, located at 2751 Brunswick Pike. Registration is suggested. For more information about the library’s programs call (609) 883-8294, email lawprogs@mcl.org or visit mcl.org.
Princeton University military flying school students trained in the skies of New Jersey during World War I. Erik L. Burro will give a presentation on these “Flyboys of Princeton” on Wednesday, March 13.,
