Last Updated on November 4, 2021
“The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.” The Teaching with the Library of Congress blog provides some great starting points for using the Veterans History Project in class activities. More veteran-related teaching resources and primary sources are listed below.
Veteran projects, lesson plans & activities
- Guided Primary Source Analysis Activities
- Learning from the Source lesson plans
- Citizen U multidisciplinary civics lessons
- Collection Connections – A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers
- American Expeditionary Force map
- Veterans’ Primary Source Sets & Teaching Guides
Teaching with the Library of Congress blog posts
- Celebrating Veterans with Library of Congress Primary Sources November 8, 2016
- Gleaning Veterans’ Stories and Primary Sources Related to Military Service November 4, 2021
- Students Connecting with Veterans: The Harlem Veteran Project May 19, 2015
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
- Courage, Patriotism, Community
- Sweethearts, Buddies, Family Ties
- Life-Altering Moments, On a Mission, Hurry Up & Wait
- D-Day Anniversary
- Prisoners of War
- Voices of War
- Military Medicine
- War’s End: VE- and VJ-Days
- Stories from the 2004 WWII Reunion on the Mall
- Forever a Soldier
- African-Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles
- Military Intel: the Inside Story
- The Art of War
- Women at War
- Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke
- World War I: The Great War
- The War (companion to the Ken Burns Series)
- China-Burma-India: WWII’s Forgotten Theater
- Women of Four Wars
- Jewish Veterans of World War II
- The Global War on Terror
- Hispanics in Service
- Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd in Italy
- Helicopters: The Multi-mission Aircraft
- Disabled Veterans: The Unhealed Wounds
- D-Day 65th Anniversary
- They Also Served: Coast Guard/Merchant Marine
- Willing to Serve: American Indians
- Submarines: The Silent Service
- The Korean War: Not Forgotten
- The WASP: First in Flight
- VHP: The First Ten Years
- Chaplains: On a Divine Mission
- Wings of War
- Pearl Harbor: 70th Anniversary
- Military Photographers: Framing the Shot
- Serving in Silence
- Vietnam War: Looking Back, Part 1
- Vietnam War: Looking Back, Part 2
- Vietnam War: Looking Back, Part 3
- Vietnam War: Looking Back, Part 4
- Healing with Honor: Medical Personnel
- Current Conflicts: Afghanistan and Iraq
- The Aleutian Islands: WWII’s Unknown Campaign
- National World War II Reunion: May 27-30, 2004, Man-on-the-Mall Interviews
- D-Day 70th Anniversary
- Stories from the Stacks: Staff Picks
- World War I Remembered: 100 Years Later
- “Please Write Often”: Wartime Correspondence
- VHP’s 15th Anniversary: Year of the Interviewer
- End of World War II: 70th Anniversary
- VHP at 15: Collections Over the Years
- The Persian Gulf: 25 Years Later
- Speaking Out: LGBT Veterans
- The Art of War (enhanced version)
- PTSD: A Lasting Impact of War
- World War I: Echoes of the Great War
- Stories Above and Beyond: The Medal of Honor
- Guadalcanal:75 Years Later
- “Equality of Treatment and Opportunity”: Executive Order 9981
- Cold War Dispatches: Service Stories from 1947-1991
- Personal Snapshots: Picturing the Vietnam War
- The GI Bill: 75 Years of Opportunity
- D-Day: 75th Anniversary
- Breaking Ground and Boundaries: Veteran Changemakers
- Veterans and the Arts: Showcase Companion
- Family Matters: Relatives at War
- End of World War II: 75th Anniversary
- First, Serve: Athletes in Uniform
- Celebrating 20 Years: VHP Staff Favorites
- Legacies of Service: Celebrating Native Americans
- 20 Years of Service: Post-9/11 Veterans
More veteran primary sources & other resources
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