This is from the H-War military history list and is forwarded with the writer's permission. LT >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 06:17:16 PST >From: "Christine Langille" <[log in to unmask]> > >I read in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, in an article entitled, "Message in a >Battle," (dated July 24th, 1998) that a New Hampshire war memorial inspired >Robert Rodat to write the "Saving Private Ryan" Screenplay (pg32). The >memorial was reported to be in the small NH village of Putney Corners. But >Putney Corners DOES NOT EXIST!! The only thing close is a Putney Hill in >Hopkinton, NH or Putney, VT. I have talked to the NH State Historic >Preservation Office, The NH State Library, and the NH State Veterans >Council, just to name a few. Nobody that I've talked to here in NH has >heard of Putney Corners or of this memorial. > >The memorial was described, in the article, as "...a monument to men who >died in conflicts from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War."(pg >32)The memorial in Hopkinton, NH has the names of the men from the town who >died in conflicts from the Revolution to the Spanish-American War. > >I have already e-mailed my query to the editors of Entertainment Weekly, >but if anyone knows where Rodat's monument is located, please let me know. >I am working on my Master's Thesis in American Studies, the topic of which >is war memorials. I am arguing that war memorials are reflections of >public grief that both influence and illustrate the complexities of >American culture. The memorial that inspired Rodat will help illustrate one >of the ways in which war memorials can have an impact on the culture. > >-Christine Langille >Graduate student American Studies (University of Wyoming) >currently living in Concord, NH. >[log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------- Lang Thompson http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4 World Cinema Review http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4/wcr.htm "The heavy bullets sounded like howitzers in the dry, airless late-afternoon air." from Michael Avallone's The Patridge Family ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu