| Lessons of War a play that teaches the meaning of peace |
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1997: The seed was planted. Fred Leo decided to write his
poetry into a play and call it Lessons of War. Harrison Stewart,
(pictured below in Vietnam, 1967) which he met at the Moving
Wall in Chicago in 1986 and again in 1994 at another Moving
War, teamed up with him to go on his first school tour.
poetry into a play and call it Lessons of War. Harrison Stewart,
(pictured below in Vietnam, 1967) which he met at the Moving
Wall in Chicago in 1986 and again in 1994 at another Moving
War, teamed up with him to go on his first school tour.
Photo Right: November 1997 from left
to right: Harrison Stewart, Gary
Kruchten, Fred Leo at Vietnam
Memorial Wall, Washington, D.C.
Gary and Harrison were the only two
soldier to tour with Fred Leo and both
have since died.
to right: Harrison Stewart, Gary
Kruchten, Fred Leo at Vietnam
Memorial Wall, Washington, D.C.
Gary and Harrison were the only two
soldier to tour with Fred Leo and both
have since died.
| Lessons of War page one of three |
1994: Lansing Veterans
Memorial, Lansing, Illinois put
on the Vietnam War play
“Tracers,” in which Fred Leo
played a crusty drill instructor.
Photo below shows Fred Leo
strutting across the stage.
Memorial, Lansing, Illinois put
on the Vietnam War play
“Tracers,” in which Fred Leo
played a crusty drill instructor.
Photo below shows Fred Leo
strutting across the stage.
turned to his weary friend and asked,
“So how are you doing there, buddy?”
With a wide-eye grin Stewart had said.
“Oh, just fine. Just having the time of my
life.” (Harrison Stewart a year later on
May 21, 1998 at the age of 51.
“So how are you doing there, buddy?”
With a wide-eye grin Stewart had said.
“Oh, just fine. Just having the time of my
life.” (Harrison Stewart a year later on
May 21, 1998 at the age of 51.
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