Voices of Valor
14th Annual Veterans Day Program at MAPS Air Museum
Saturday, November 7th

• A moving blend of live 1st person readings, immersive character portrayals and visual storytelling spanning 250 years of American military history.
• A character portrayal of Philip Hupp who spent 6 years fighting in our war for independence given by his 5th Great Grandson.
• A character portrayal of Massillon native Robert Pinn. An African-American Union soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.
• A character portrayal from a young nurse’s diary during the final days of World War I. She will be portrayed by an intern and playwright here at MAPS.
• A character portrayal of a beloved City of Canton teacher Eva Sparrowgrove who hand stitched the names of her “boys” onto a Blue Star Flag who served in World War II. A volunteer will read letters written by her, and to her, from many of them.
• There will be a short video on the life of Canton’s Dick Kempthorn who flew 101 missions in Korea and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
• MAPS husband and wife volunteers will portray themselves through the reading of letters they wrote to each other while he served in Vietnam. They will also honor his best friend with pictures and letters.
• There will be be a video to view, created by a MAPS volunteer, who served at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2010.