In 2010, Attleboro citizens read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a book, considered by many to be among the finest novels about the Vietnam War. An invitational exhibition entitled Carry On at the Attleboro Arts Museum served as the finale to the 2010 Big Read programming. The exhibition ran from November 18th to December 4th, 2010. Carry On contained artwork that directly responded to O’Brien’s text, along with work that addressed what soldiers, families, nations and others carry – literally and figuratively – during (and after) a time of war.
In 2010, Attleboro citizens read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a book, considered by many to be among the finest novels about the Vietnam War. An invitational exhibition entitled Carry On at the Attleboro Arts Museum served as the finale to the 2010 Big Read programming. The exhibition ran from November 18th to December 4th, 2010. Carry On contained artwork that directly responded to O’Brien’s text, along with work that addressed what soldiers, families, nations and others carry – literally and figuratively – during (and after) a time of war.