[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 648 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 648

    Designating the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as 
              ``National Veterans History Project Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2010

  Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Dorgan) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Designating the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as 
              ``National Veterans History Project Week''.

Whereas 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans 
        History Project by Congress in order to collect and preserve the wartime 
        stories of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States;
Whereas Congress charged the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 
        to undertake the Veterans History Project and to engage the public in 
        the creation of a collection of oral histories that would be a lasting 
        tribute to individual veterans;
Whereas the Veterans History Project relies on a corps of volunteer 
        interviewers, partner organizations, and an array of civic minded 
        institutions nationwide who interview veterans according to the 
        guidelines outlined by the project;
Whereas these oral histories have created an abundant resource for scholars to 
        gather first-hand accounts of veterans' experience in World War I, World 
        War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the 
        Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts;
Whereas there are 17,000,000 wartime veterans in the United States whose stories 
        can educate people of all ages about important moments and events in the 
        history of the United States and the world and provide instructive 
        narratives that illuminate the meanings of ``service'', ``sacrifice'', 
        ``citizenship'', and ``democracy'';
Whereas more than 70,000 oral histories have already been collected and more 
        than 8,000 oral histories are fully digitized and available through the 
        website of the Library of Congress;
Whereas the Veterans History Project will increase the number of oral histories 
        that can be collected and preserved and increase the number of veterans 
        it honors; and
Whereas ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' has been recognized by Congress in 
        previous years: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 
        2010, as ``National Veterans History Project Week'';
            (2) recognizes ``National Veterans Awareness Week'';
            (3) calls on the people of the United States to interview 
        at least 1 veteran in their families or communities according 
        to guidelines provided by the Veterans History Project; and
            (4) encourages national, State, and local organizations 
        along with Federal, State, city, and county governmental 
        institutions to participate in support of the effort to 
        document, preserve, and honor the service of veterans of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States.
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