‘The American Soldier’ exhibit goes on display on Veterans Day at Florence Civic Center

“The American Soldier, A Photographic Tribute,” an exhibition of 116 photographs, from the Civil War to the War in Iraq, will open to the public at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Veterans Day, at Florence Civic Center.  The breathtaking display will be open through Feb. 2.
“The American Soldier” is a dramatic exhibition of photographs that captures the essence of American soldiering over more than 150 years, ever since the birth of photography when the camera became a notebook to history, starting with the Civil War. As photography improved, so did the record of the American soldier.
The 116 enlarged photographs in this exhibition, covers America at war from the Civil War, Spanish American War, Boxer Rebellion, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Afghanistan, to the streets of Baghdad. The exhibition captures the danger and the frustration, the humor and the beauty, the camaraderie, the death and the victory that the American solider encountered in his odyssey through history and continues to, as he battles today in the mountains of Afghanistan and the urban environs of Iraq.
The curator and producer of “The American Soldier” is Cyma Rubin. Rubin is also the curator and producer of the highly successful exhibition “Capture the Moment: The Pulizter Prize Photographs.”
For details, call Florence Civic Center at (843) 679-9417.