The Library is currently partnering with Cactus Shadows High School and the Cave Creek Museum for the Veteran’s History Project. This project began in October 2000 and was motivated by the urgent need to collect the stories and experiences of war veterans while they are still among us. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress will collect and preserve audio and video taped oral histories, along with documents such as letters, diaries, maps photographs, and home movies, of America's war veterans and those who served in support of them during World War I, World War II, Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars. There are 19 million war veterans living in the United States today, but every day we lose 1,500 of them.

What You Can Do To Assist in This Project

Interview War Veterans
By interviewing a veteran or war worker as part of the Project, you honor those who served our nation during difficult and dangerous periods in our history. Upon completion of the interviews, the Library of Congress will create a catalog of all oral histories and other collected documentation. The names of all participants and their documents will be donated to the National Veterans' History Collection.
See www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/

Veterans
If you are a Veteran and would like to share your story and experiences, please contact the Library at 480-488-2286. We will arrange for an individual to interview you.