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Archive: 2018 (120 Posts)

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‘Fair winds and following seas, sailor.’

Posted by: Kerry Ward

The following is a guest blog post by Owen Rogers, a Liaison Specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP).  In Memoriam: The Honorable John S. McCain III We mourn the loss of the Honorable John S. McCain III, whose service in U.S. military and Congress yielded particularly meaningful contributions to the Library of Congress. As …

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

The Milk River Wagon Train, 1979

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

On August 30th, 1979, a group of hardy adventurers left Dewey Hart Ranch in the Larb Hills, Phillips County, Montana, in covered wagons and other horse-drawn vehicles to meet the Milk River and travel along it to Malta. The goal was to experience the wagon train as Montana pioneers once did, and to arrive in …

King Biscuit Time memorabilia on the walls of the Delta Cultural Center.

Folklife On the Air: A Tribute to Two “Radio Guys”

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Here at the American Folklife Center, we’ve always had an appreciation for radio. As the home of an archive with a lot of fantastic audio recordings, the “folk archive” has been ripe for use on the radio since its earliest days. John and Alan Lomax, heads of the archive back in the 1930s and 1940s, …

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“Going Where We’re Needed Most”: Recruitment of Military Women Over the Decades

Posted by: Megan Harris

The following is a blog post by Lisa Gomez and Sam Meier, Junior Fellows working for the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. To read their previous blog posts from this summer, go here and here. Lisa’s flashback to 2015: I have a vivid memory of listening to Ashton Carter, then-Secretary of Defense, announce that the …

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Cooling Off at Beaches, Lakes, and Ponds

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

When I was growing up going swimming near home usually meant going to a public pool, or possibly a nearby man-made lake.  But when we visited relatives in the summer swimming more often was at the beach, at a lake, or at a quiet section of a river. I liked swimming in natural waters, but …

An unidentified Marine sits in her truck.

Crossing Milestones for Female Marines: Examining the Maria C. Villescas Collection

Posted by: Megan Harris

The following is a guest post by Sam Meier, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. For decades, women’s military careers have been constrained by the assumption that they are less physically capable than men. Even today, those who oppose complete gender integration often assert that gender-based …

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Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Missions within VHP’s Female Veterans Collections

Posted by: Megan Harris

The following is a guest post by Lisa Gomez, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. This summer, while serving as an LC Junior Fellow, I’ve had the honor and opportunity to explore the fascinating collections of photographs and oral histories archived by the Veterans History Project. …