November 8, 2002
Press Contact: Craig D'Ooge, Library of Congress (202)
707-9189
Public Contact: Veterans History Project (888) 371-5848
Veterans History Project Releases National Registry of Service
On Veterans Day, November 11, 2002, the Library of Congress Veterans
History Project at the American Folklife Center will release its
National Registry of Service for the first time. This online resource
is a component of the Project's redesigned Web site, www.loc.gov/vets.
The National Registry of Service honors all those military veterans
and civilians whose oral history interviews or other personal wartime
accounts have been donated to the project, by providing each person's
name, date and place of birth, branch of service, war(s), unit and
location of service, interviewer or donor of material, and the donor's
institutional affiliation, if any. To date, over 2,400 names appear
on the Registry.
The project is just two years old; materials are still being
sought, and the Registry will reflect these additions in years
to come, as individuals' donations are received and processed
into the collection. Veterans History Project Director, Ellen
McCulloch-Lovell, says, "This is an important milestone for
this project. It allows not just the Library of Congress but the
entire nation to acknowledge our gratitude to each of those who
have sacrificed for our nation in wartime.
The Veterans History Project's founding corporate sponsor is
AARP. The project was initiated by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to
honor veterans by collecting and preserving at the Library of
Congress and partner repositories veterans' personal accounts
of wartime, as a permanent legacy for future generations. The
Project's information kit can be obtained at its Web site, www.loc.gov/vets,
or by calling its toll-free number, 1-888-371-5848. The National
Registry's URL is: http://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-registry.html.
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PR 02-024
03/04/02
ISSN 0731-3527
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