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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 648 

Designating the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as ‘‘National 

Veterans History Project Week’’. 

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 

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 interVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:07 Sep 28, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR648.IS SR648

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view 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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week beginning on Monday, 

3 November 8, 2010, as ‘‘National Veterans History 

4 Project Week’’; 

5 (2) recognizes ‘‘National Veterans Awareness 

6 Week’’; 


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1 (3) calls on the people of the United States to 

2 interview at least 1 veteran in their families or com3 munities according to guidelines provided by the 

4 Veterans History Project; and 

5 (4) encourages national, State, and local orga6 nizations along with Federal, State, city, and county 

7 governmental institutions to participate in support 

8 of the effort to document, preserve, and honor the 

9 service of veterans of the Armed Forces of the 

10 United States. 

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