Members of congress who served in the military. Now, a brief conversation about the project with director Robert Patrick and reference specialist megan harris. What is the idea behind the veterans history project . Patrick the project is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the wartime memories of veterans. Congress saw the wisdom back in 2003 as part of the American Folklife Center at the library of congress. The way we are doing that is collect primarily oral histories of veterans, sitting down with them, having the talk about their experiences, particularly during the time they served in the military and particularly during the time of war. We take in these histories be a audio or video but also original materials like photographs letters, diaries, things families find themselves with that they do not know what to do with. They also tell a very compelling story. As i said, we do this with the american Folk Art Center at the library of congress and try to make it accessible to a
America. Congress establish the veterans history project in 2000 as part of the Folklife Center at the library of congress. , as part of our look at congressman who served in the military, we hear from representative ralph hall of texas. He discusses his enlistment in the navy and experiences as an Aircraft Carrier pilot. This interview was conducted in 2003. I flew for the navy. What rank did you start with . Representative ralph hall we got our wings one morning, and i got my wife th
Month. Were incredibly fortunate to welcome Jared Kearney assistant director and curator at the James Monroe Museum in fredericksburg, virginia. For a presentation that will showcase a selection of original items from the life of elizabeth court, right monroe. Elizabeth monroes story is a fascinating one from her childhood in new york through her experiences as wife of the minister to france and later fifth us president. Jared will illustrate elizabeths life using Museum Collections that have been handed down through generations of the monroe family. A bit about our speaker Jared Kearney began as curator of the James Monroe Museum and library in november of 2011 previously, he was curator of the Woodrow Wilson president ial library and museum in staunton, virginia and prior to that. Curator of the Rye Historical Society in new york he has been director of the holicville museum farm in Folklife Center on long island and worked at the Greensboro Historical Museum in North Carolina. Jared
Today during womens history month. Were incredibly fortunate to welcome Jared Kearney assistant director and curator at the James Monroe Museum in fredericksburg, virginia. For a presentation that will showcase a selection of original items from the life of elizabeth court, right monroe. Elizabeth monroes story is a fascinating one from her childhood in new york through her experiences as wife of the minister to france and later fifth us president. Jared will illustrate elizabeths life using Museum Collections that have been handed down through generations of the monroe family. A bit about our speaker Jared Kearney began as curator of the James Monroe Museum and library in november of 2011 previously, he was curator of the Woodrow Wilson president ial library and museum in staunton, virginia and prior to that. Curator of the Rye Historical Society in new york he has been director of the holicville museum farm in Folklife Center on long island and worked at the Greensboro Historical Mus
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