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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: 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
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Sally Sims Stokes, the daughter of World War II “Code Girl” Jean Ashby Sims. “Dear Library,” my mother begins the World War II memoir she completed in 2008 for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. This salutation was her way of responding, as if in a …
Posted in: Easter, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Weddings, Women's History, World War II
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
The following is a guest post by Monica Mohindra, Head of Program Communication and Coordination, Veterans History Project. “A Kiss is Just a Kiss.” Or is it, “As Time Goes By?” When the publishers staged a reunion in 1980, they used another crooners’ standard, “It Had to be You” on a placard in the background. But was …
Posted in: Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
It’s Valentine’s Day. It seems everyone has love on their minds today—at least half of us, anyway. Last year, the National Retail Federation predicted that 54.7% of the United States adult population was planning to celebrate the holiday with their significant others, friends or pets to the tune of nearly $20 billion. Yes, billion with …
Posted in: Afghan War, African American History, African Americans, Disablity, Hispanic American History, Iraq War, Korean War, Narratives, Native American History, Oral History, Persian Gulf War, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War I, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Will Hubbard, Vice President of Government Affairs, Student Veterans of America. As I sit here in Kabul City, Afghanistan, deployed as a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, I’m reminded of the journey that has taken me here, including my own experience of graduating from American University using …
Posted in: Students, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Megan Harris
Today, the Veterans History Project launches a new online exhibit to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a piece of legislation that forever altered the American veteran experience: the GI Bill. In June 1944, Army Corporal John Kuhlman was in training at Fort Crook, Nebraska, and focusing on his eventual transfer overseas. While he anxiously considered …
Posted in: Afghan War, Iraq War, Oral History, Persian Gulf War, Students, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II