VVMF Holds Memorial Day Video Contest
Students, we are giving you the opportunity to take part in our very first video contest! What does it require? 5 minutes of your time, a video camera, and you telling us what Memorial… Continue reading
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Recording American History
Every veteran has a story to tell, and that story is a part of American history. The Veterans History Project, a project of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, exists… Continue reading
Princess Prepares to Cruise for a Cause
By Princess Cruises, our partner in Cruising for a Cause In a special ceremony coinciding with Armed Forces Day, Princess Cruises was officially recognized as a commemorative partner of the United States of America Vietnam… Continue reading
Women in Wartime: A Nurse Remembers
By Diane Carlson Evans My plane touched down in Vietnam on August 2, 1968. The blast of heat and the smell of jet fuel hit me first, then the sight of GIs with MI6s… Continue reading
Women in Wartime: “LZ” Nancy Lynch
By Nancy Lynch During the frenzy of the Vietnam War at home and abroad in the spring of 1968, Nancy E. Lynch, a young journalist with the News Journal in Wilmington, Del. offered… Continue reading
The Road to Canonization: Father Capodanno
By Mary Preece As we begin 2013, may I wish you all a Happy New Year, or more appropriately in Italian, Buon Capodanno! I am most honored to compose this blog to share… Continue reading
Students Honor Fallen From Their State
Students in South Dakota read the names of those names etched on The Wall from their state as part of our Reading of the Names project.
Participate in the Reading of the Names in Your Community
For nearly a century, November 11 has been a day to honor veterans. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day the first observance of what was then Armistice Day. He had this… Continue reading
