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Archive for July 2016 (93 Posts)

Three men outside the Library of Congress

Billy McComiskey: Irish American Tradition Bearer

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, ireland, Irish Americans

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Billy McComiskey, AFC’s 40-Year Friend, Wins a Major Award

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, Irish Americans

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Happy 4th of July from the Veterans History Project

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: Holidays, Independence Day, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Gay Pride Parades: Identity, Protest, and Tradition

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Posted in: LGBT Pride Month, LGBTQ

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Join VHP In-Person and Online to Recognize National PTSD Awareness Month

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Juneteenth

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Posted in: Foodways, Holidays, Juneteenth

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

American Folklife Center Reissues Four Historic LPs

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, African Americans, Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Cowboys, Duncan Emrich, ethnomusicologists, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, John Wesley Work III, Marshall W. Stearns, Native American History, Willard Rhodes

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Minute Men, from the Start: Happy 241st Birthday to the U.S. Army!

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

A VHP Mystery, Solved (Part 2)

Posted by: Megan Harris

Posted in: Acquisitions, Veterans History Project, World War II