SEARSPORT — During the winter Searsport District High School seniors Connor Fraser, Dylon Grant, Kevin Keniston, Anthony Powers and Bartley Santos curated an exhibit, “Memoirs of War: A Soldier’s Seabag,” which opened this spring at the Penobscot Maine Museum.
Working with museum assistant curator Cipperly Good and high school teacher Kathleen Jenkins, the students chose objects from the museum’s collection, researched the objects, researched the wars and interviewed Maine veterans about their war experiences.
Using objects the veterans took with them to war and objects they brought back home, the exhibit tells the story of 10 Maine veterans’ wartime experiences from WW II to the present.
The students, two of whom will join the Army National Guard this summer, will share with the public the stories they discovered while curating the exhibit. 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, in the museum’s Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery, 11 Church St. Admission is free.