Our Supporters
Our team would like to thank everyone who made this music possible, especially the following people and organizations who were instrumental in providing assistance with research and in sharing the letters for this project:
- Joyce Logel
- Charles Larimer
- Julie Koidin
- Fred Leo Brown
- Barbara Brown
- Noah Ginex
- Anne Hayden
- Dr. Mary Victoria Gresik
- Judi Freedman
- Sylvia Dickerson
- Lisa B. Harwood
- Josh Mitzen
- Philip Degginger
- Pritzker Military Museum and Library
- Museum of the American Revolution
- Illinois Holocaust Museum
We are grateful for our contributors, especially Charles Larimer, as well as for the encouragement, advice, and assistance of Frank Horger, Matt Peckham, Graham Duncan, T.J. and Louise Kuhny, and Thomas and Darcy Zoells. They made the recording possible.
Thank you also to the team at Emitha LLC for promotion and to the staff at Pianoforte Chicago for providing the venue for recording our promotional material.
We are most grateful for the sacrifice of American military families, service members, and veterans, whose stories we share through this music, as well as for all who preserve history and tell veterans’ stories so that they are never forgotten. We salute you.
About The Artwork
The album artwork and design showcased on this website was created by Dan Kwarcinski. It includes portraits of the following letter writers:
- CPT Jacob and Emeline Ritner, courtesy of Charles Larimer
- Fred Leo Brown, courtesy of Barbara Brown
- Alan Seeger (wikimedia commons, creative commons licensing/public domain).
The artwork also includes a photo of the grandfather of pianist Ian Gindes, who served in Europe during World War II, as well as a photo of his wife’s grandfather, who served during World War II in the Pacific.