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<\/a>August 18, 1963, St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University<\/p><\/div>\n
Norm and Janet served as teachers at Toro Teaching Training College, in Northern Nigeria, from 1963-1965.\u00a0 After meeting in training at Columbia University, Norm Heise proposed to Janet Driggs.\u00a0 The two had known each other for less than a week.\u00a0 The couple married in August before departing in September for their assignments in Nigeria.\u00a0 As a result of their marriage, Peace Corps altered their placements to ensure the couple traveled, lived, and shared the experience together.\u00a0 Their collection includes photos and stories of their work in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Norm and Janet Heise in Toro, Nigeria, 1963<\/p><\/div>\n
The DeAntoni\u2019s story is a bit different.\u00a0 Both members of Turkey IV, Ed and Karen met during training and maintained contact while working in separate towns. \u00a0The two friends began a romantic relationship, in the midst of their service, after connecting at a party. \u00a0Karen wrote her parents on August 12, 1965, \u201cI\u2019m afraid this will come as an awful surprise, but then it\u2019s more fun that way\u2014last night I got engaged!\u201d\u00a0 Because of the distance and the realization her parents did not know Ed, Karen anxiously awaited their response.\u00a0 Ed informed his parents by writing, \u201cBefore you start reading this, sit down, get composed, light a cigarette\u2026In a word, it\u2019s too good to be true.\u00a0 Karen and I became engaged last night, and I\u2019m so happy I could cry.\u201d\u00a0 Their collection of letters uniquely presents their same experiences from different points of view.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Karen’s letter to her parents announcing her engagement to Ed DeAntoni, August 12, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Karen’s letter (pg. 2), August 12, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n