by Kim Benjamin | Jun 10, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
A Girl And Her Tamarind Tree By Khamsone Sirimanivong This past November, for the first time ever, my mother and I returned to Laos together. We had not been in Laos together since 1979. I was just over five years old when we fled Khammouane Province due to...
by Kim Benjamin | May 19, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
The Story of Legacies Of Way Origin During the U.S. bombing in Laos (1964-1973), an American educational adviser Fred Branfman and his Laotian colleague Bouangeun Luangpraseuth collected illustrations and narratives from Laotian refugees. Etched in pencil,...
by Kim Benjamin | May 12, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Glimmer Of Hope By Khamsone Sirimanivong, Vice Chair, Legacies of War I felt deeply honored to attend the Defense POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) Accounting Agency (DPAA) 2024 Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing this year in Washington, D.C....
by Kim Benjamin | May 1, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Remembering Fred Branfman – The Man That Told America By Danae Hendrickson Article Courtesy Legacies of War. “You’ll feel it in the air,” Aleena said with her eyes closed and head slightly raised toward the sunlight, “It’s cooler and it smells like the...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 18, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Laos Trip: A Reflection From The Peacheys By Titus and Linda Peachey Article courtesy Legacies of War. We went to Laos in March of 1981 to work with Mennonite Central Committee as peace and development workers. As we got off the plane in the early evening...
by Kim Benjamin | Mar 23, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Reflecting On The Heritage, Ownership And Accountability Of War Debris In Laos By Esther Breithoff This story courtesy Legacies of War. In early 2024, Legacies of War kindly invited me, an archaeologist and heritage scholar, to join them on a trip to Laos to...
