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Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Travis Bickford, head of programs and communications at The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). On August 28, 2005, it was 111 degrees in Baghdad. That kind of heat makes you conspiratorial, like “nah, this ain’t real” kind of heat. I’d only been in country a …
Posted in: African Americans, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq War, Louisiana, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Candace Milburn, a liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). You might ask, “What’s the meaning behind a ‘Go Box?’” To answer your question, the story began when former VHP Director Karen Lloyd shared that during her service in the Army, each service member was given …
Posted in: African American Heritage Month, African American History, African American History Month, African Americans, Black History Month, Cultural Heritage, Diverse Experiences in Service, Exhibits, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Serving: Our Voices, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Nathan Cross, an archivist for the American Folklife Center. This African American History Month, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is pleased to announce a new resource designed to introduce VHP’s holdings related to the veterans of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-African American, all-female unit …
Posted in: African American Heritage Month, African American History, African American History Month, African Americans, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Cultural Heritage, Diverse Experiences in Service, Narratives, Oral History, Serving: Our Voices, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Women's History, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post co-authored by U.S. Navy veteran Matthew Gill and U.S. Army/Army National Guard veteran Teresa K. Howes. This is the second in a four-part guest series featuring military veteran artists who are members of Uniting US, a veteran-focused nonprofit arts organization. Go here to read part 1. In recognition …
Posted in: African Americans, Folk Music, Folksong, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Sarah Dachos, a Navy veteran, farmer and beekeeper, who works in ecological food waste diversion and environmental justice. She is one of the participants on the Veterans History Project’s (VHP) virtual discussion panel, “Veteran Grown: Urban Farming.” I joined the Navy in 1989 for many of the …
Posted in: African Americans, Foodways, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Yvonne Brown, a processing technician for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). It is the sixth in a series from VHP staff. Click on the following names to read previous articles in this series: Tamika Brown– Processing Technician Andrew Huber– Liaison Specialist Tracey Dodson– Administrative …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Religion, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Matt McCrady, a Digital Conversion Specialist for the Library of Congress. “It was a world of men,…We were trained and taught that our whole life was to make sure that these men were happy” Rose Witherspoon Spence was always a little “different.” That is the word she uses …
Posted in: African Americans, Civil Rights, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Matt McCrady, a Digital Conversion Specialist for the Library of Congress. Particularly during wartime, joining the military often means putting on hold important aspects of one’s life, such as college or marriage. Similarly, the unexpected draft notice can mean the end of a promising college athlete’s hope for …
Posted in: African Americans, Fieldwork, Iraq War, Korean War, Narratives, Native American History, Oral History, Persian Gulf War, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Candace Milburn, a processing technician for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). It is the fifth in a series from VHP staff. Click on the following names to read previous articles in this series: Tamika Brown– Processing Technician Andrew Huber– Liaison Specialist Tracey Dodson– Administrative …
Posted in: African Americans, Folksong, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War