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Buttered Fresh Frozen Lima Beans: Commemorative Holiday Menus in the Veterans History Project

Posted by: Megan Harris

Chow, c-rations, MREs—no matter the form it takes or the name given to it, food is important in military life. Materials within the Veterans History Project (VHP) collections are peppered with culinary references: the monotony of military rations, the ache of hunger when food was scarce, and often the longing and anticipation for home-cooked meals …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

The Veterans History Project

Posted by: Megan Harris

Within the vast array of recordings housed at the American Folklife Center (everything from sea shanties to slave narratives to street cries), you can also find voices that are a little different from the rest: the narratives of over 90,000 American veterans—all part of the Veterans History Project. Created by Congress in 2000, the Veterans …