Robert Lynch, Americans for the Arts CEO and President, writes to the Huffington Post in honor of Veterans Day

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

With everyone celebrating our nation's veterans today, Americans for the Arts' President and CEO, Robert Lynch, writes to the Huffington Post about the connection between the arts and the healing of our nation's veterans. Americans for the Arts has been engaged in this work through our National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military, in collaboration with the American Legion Auxiliary and more than 16 national partners, working for policy that supports these programs and services and towards serving as the national nexus for knowledge and connection. 

"There will be a huge concert today on the National Mall with Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood, and many other artists. Smaller arts concerts and celebrations will take place all across America. That is one way the arts can help bring joy, celebration and thanks into lives of veterans and their families. There will also be quieter moments of music, and painting, and craft activity, and theater, and dance in hospital rooms and art therapy programs across America. That is another way the arts are helping and healing service members every day.

Please join me today in saluting our nation's veterans and remembering the transformative healing power of the arts." - Robert Lynch

Photo caption: National Veterans Creative Arts Festival finale at the Milwaukee Theatre, presented by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Legion Auxiliary. 

Yes