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Category: Veterans and Military History

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Providing Comfort for Veterans: Primary Sources from the Civil War and Beyond

Posted by: Danna Bell

A number of years ago I published a blog post on wartime clothing drives. I touched briefly on clothing drives and the work to make handmade items for those serving in the military. As I considered what to write about for a post on Veterans Day, I was drawn back to this post.

Image of a page from the diary of Harry Frieman

Exploring Different Perspectives on World War I Through Different Responses to the Armistice

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

In the October 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our & "Sources and Strategies" article features two manuscript documents from individuals with very different responses to the armistice that ended the major fighting of World War I.

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Five Questions with Karen Lloyd, Director of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project

Posted by: Danna Bell

I am the Director of the Veterans History Project, part of the American Folklife Center, at the Library of Congress. VHP's mission is to gather the oral histories of veterans and ensure they are accessible so current researchers and future generations understand what they saw, did and felt during their selfless service to our nation.

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Women Documenting History: Primary Sources from the Library of Congress on Women Photojournalists

Posted by: Danna Bell

You and your students may know the names of Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, or Clare Boothe Luce. Fewer, however, will know the names of the photographers Helen Johns Kirtland or Toni Frissell, who documented wars, often from the front lines.