Completing the Odyssey: A Journey Home
In this discussion leadership program, veterans learn to co-lead discussions on themes related to service and homecoming. Participants in this program explore selections from Homer’s The Odyssey and from contemporary work— including many by veterans— about service and war to reflect on their own experiences and journeys.
Completing the Odyssey was made possible through a 2017 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more about the history of this program here.
“This group is perhaps THE key for returning veterans to reintegrate into society. All veterans would benefit. The country, community, and families will benefit.”
“After more than 46 years of silence since my return from Vietnam, I found a voice and a venue to express my thoughts about military service and my personal homecoming through a shared dialogue with other veterans both young and old.”
“Touchstones is unprecedented in what it is doing, combining pragmatism with intellectual pursuit – it needs as much support as is available.”
Why Touchstones?
Our program engages veterans with colleagues in authentic and open-ended examination of the return to civilian life.

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