Archive: November 2015 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Kelly Buchanan; (Year) 2015; (Month) November

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

An Interview with Robert Patrick, Director of the Veterans History Project

November 11, 2015

Once again, for Veterans Day, we decided to highlight the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. The VHP was established following the passage of the Veterans’ Oral History Project Act in October 2000, with the primary purpose of collecting “video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of American …

Posted in: Collections, Interview

The Punishment for Falling Asleep at One’s Post

November 5, 2015

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

During a vacation in New Zealand in September, I was able to visit a new exhibition at Te Papa (New Zealand’s national museum) called Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War. The exhibition, which opened in April, provides insight into this particular aspect of World War I by telling the stories of eight New Zealanders involved …

Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, World War I

Refined by: (Author) Kelly Buchanan; (Year) 2015; (Month) November