NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The New Rochelle’s Veteran Community is invited to participate in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
It is an opportunity for veterans to tell their story about their service in a way that will be kept at the Library of Congress for future generations, to understand your service and how it impacted you.
New Rochelle’s Director of Community Engagement, Julie Konvisser is working with the New Rochelle Veteran Advisory Committee on getting volunteers to conduct interviews that will be done via Zoom over the coming months.
Veterans interested to tell their story, click here.
“I am hopeful many veterans will be interested in participating in this to inspire future men and women who may join the armed forces,” said Brett Morash, Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.) and Chairman New Rochelle Veteran Advisory Committee.
The Project collects first-hand accounts of
U.S. Veterans from the following wars:
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Cold War
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Grenada–History–American Invasion, 1983
- Panama–History–American Invasion, 1989
- Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- United Nations Operation in Somalia
- Haiti–History–American intervention, 1994-1995
- Operation Allied Force, 1999
- Peacekeeping forces–Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Operation Joint Guardian, 1999-
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
The United States Congress created the Veterans History Project in 2000.