by Kim Benjamin | Jul 14, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Thank You – For Everything! By Anna Phommachanthone They say memories start to form when a child is around two and a half years old. As a kid, I had the happiest memories of drawing on the dirt at my grandmother’s house by the Nam Khan River, picking...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 25, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
A Legacy Of Hope By Kane Vongsavanh I became connected to Legacies of War when I moved to Washington, DC after law school. The organization was a significant part of my understanding of where and how my family came to the U.S. Through various Legacies of War...
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...
