IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1644 
Expressing support for designation of a ‘‘National Veterans History Project 
Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. WAMP) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of a ‘‘National Veterans 
History Project Week’’. 
Whereas 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the establish-
ment of the Veterans History Project by the United 
States Congress in order to collect and preserve the war-
time stories of United States veterans; 
Whereas Congress charged the American Folklife Center at 
the Library of Congress to undertake the Veterans His-
tory Project and to engage the public in the creation of 
a collection of oral histories that would be a lasting trib-
ute 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 inter-
view veterans according to the guidelines it provides; 
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•HRES 1644 IH 
Whereas these oral histories have created an abundant re-
source for scholars to gather first-hand accounts of vet-
erans’ experience in World War I, World War II, the Ko-
rean 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 instruc-
tive 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 num-
ber 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 rec-
ognized by Congress in previous years: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘National 
Veterans History Project Week’’; 
(2) recognizes ‘‘National Veterans Awareness 
Week’’; 
(3) calls on the people of the United States to 
interview at least one veteran in their families or 
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•HRES 1644 IH 
communities according to guidelines provided by the 
Veterans History Project; and 
(4) encourages local, State, and national orga-
nizations along with Federal, State, city, and county 
governmental institutions to participate in support 
of the effort to document, preserve, and honor the 
service of United States wartime veterans. 
Æ 
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