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When Rachel Stenta showed up at our roadshow at the Utah State University (USU) campus in Moab, Utah, in October 2022, she was carrying a dress (fig. 1). The photograph captures Mizell's memory and serves as a conduit for our students to learn about the legacy of war through this veteran's experience. Made with silk acquired in Vietnam by her father, the dress was something deeply meaningful to her: "I don't think I'll ever part with it", she said.[1] As USU students catalogued and then digitally recorded the beautiful embroidered dress, Stenta agreed to a longer oral history. Given this complex story, Stenta reflected on the meanings of the dress for her: "It was always just mixed in the beauty of it but all of the sadness that came from both the war and my parents' relationship and my family's relationship.". [Extracted from the article] |
