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Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest blog post by Veterans History Project (VHP) participant Paul LaRue, a retired social studies teacher in Washington Court House, Ohio. As an educator, you are always looking for projects that make a difference in the lives of your students, and, if you are lucky, in your community. I found that …
Posted in: African American History, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a guest blog post by veteran and Veterans History Project participant Earl Porter III. Porter’s VHP interview can be found on our website. On September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I crested Mt. Katahdin in Maine, the start point for southbound Appalachian Trail (AT) “thru-hikers.” The AT is a 2,190+ …
Posted in: Afghanistan War, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq War, Oral History, Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Huber, a liaison specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). The idea of an event focusing on collecting stories from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) veterans all stemmed from a simple question asked during a VHP workshop in 2020. I was teaching …
Posted in: Asian American History, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Cultural Heritage, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Pacific Islander History, Pacific Islands Americans, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Elaina Finkelstein, a public affairs Specialist in the Library’s Office of Communication. Today is June 6—a seemingly ordinary Tuesday for some, but for my family, a day spent remembering the harrowing service of my grandfather, Lewis Finkelstein, on the beaches of Normandy, France, in 1944. Through an oral …
Posted in: D-Day, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
In honor of the upcoming anniversary of D-Day, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is excited to debut a recently digitized new acquisition: a rare map used during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Part of the Joseph Vaghi collection, the map was given to the Veterans History Project by Vaghi’s sons Joseph, …
Posted in: D-Day, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog by Travis Bickford, supervisory liaison specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). Ten years ago, I read Tim O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried.” Not for any burning desire; I had assigned it to a group of teenagers I was teaching from the south and west sides …
Posted in: Exhibits, Film, Museums, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Students, teachers, Teaching, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a question-and-answer session with author Tim O’Brien in anticipation of the film screening of The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien with special guest and director of the documentary, Aaron Matthews on Thursday, May 11th from 5pm-8pm at the Library of Congress. Prior to the film, enjoy live music from Gold Star sister, Barbara Martin, …
Posted in: Film, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Andrew Huber, a liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). April Fools is a time of year when you have to expect the unexpected, and things are not always as they seem. Here at the Veterans History Project (VHP), it’s no different, except that we have to …
Posted in: Acquisitions, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a guest blog post by Andy Wolanski, a liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). The Veterans History Project (VHP) proudly celebrates Women’s History Month by highlighting female veterans across a wide variety of backgrounds, conflicts, and military service branches. The current “Go Box” display that I curated for the VHP …
Posted in: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, Women's History