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Posted by: Stephen Winick
As you may have figured out, our previous post about having discovered the origin of all folklore everywhere was an April Fools’ Day practical joke. If you followed the link to the podcast, you actually heard about the roots of the April Fools’ Day tradition. This post is to set the record straight! Episode six …
Posted in: April Fool's Day, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Episode six of the Folklife Today Podcast is ready for listening! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or on iTunes, or with your usual podcatcher. Get your podcast here! In this exciting episode, folklorists at the American Folklife Center announce that we have discovered the origin of all folklore everywhere! The artist …
Posted in: Podcasts, Uncategorized
Posted by: Kerry Ward
March 29th is National Vietnam Veterans Day, and this post explores the variety of experiences in Vietnam showcased by Veterans History Project collections. From ticker tape parades to protests, American citizens have both supported and condemned their country’s military involvement in various conflicts. Perhaps no conflict captures this vacillation more than U.S. involvement in the …
Posted in: Oral History, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Anne Dowling, the daughter of World War II “Code Girl” Kathleen Bradley Delaney, and a guest at the “Code Girls” Reunion held at the Library of Congress on March 22, 2019. Click here to watch a recording of this historic event. The Reunion I attended the “Code …
Posted in: Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The Homegrown 2019 Concert Series is underway! All the concerts are free, noontime concerts in the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building. Tickets are not required. This year's series features Tuvan, Irish, Gospel, Blues, Balkan, and lots of African music! As always, you can find the series listed in several places on the Library's website, including the daily event listings. One handy spot listing the whole series is the Folklife Concerts page at http://www.loc.gov/concerts/folklife/?loclr=blogflt
Posted in: Homegrown Concert Series
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
In the Homegrown Plus series, we present Homegrown concerts that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog post. (Find the whole series here!) We’re continuing the series with the Sattriya Dance Company with the Dancing Monks of Assam Traditional Dance from Assam, India. This is one of two related …
Posted in: Asian American History, Dance, Homegrown Plus, Oral History, Religion, Women's History
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
In the Homegrown Plus series, we present Homegrown concerts that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog post. (Find the whole series here!) We’re continuing the series with a performance of Kuchipudi dance by the Kalanidhi Dance Company from Maryland and an oral history with their director, Anuradha Nehru. This is …
Posted in: Asian American History, Dance, Homegrown Plus, Oral History, Women's History
Posted by: Megan Harris
June 6, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allies’ famed invasion of the beaches of Normandy. In honor of this momentous occasion, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is publishing a special series of blog posts revealing hidden facets of D-Day illuminated within VHP’s collections. This post, a guest post by Library Technician Sam …
Posted in: D-Day, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
Awesome friends. Good sports. Team players. Caring constituents. I could think of tons more ways to describe our faithful readers. But I will stop here and just say THANK YOU to everyone who answered our call to participate in the Veterans History Project’s bookmark image selection process. We have tallied all of the input that …
Posted in: Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project