Veterans' Day
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Courthouse Square
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On November 11, Lisa Pruitt and Betty Rowland attended the Veterans' Day ceremony on Courthouse Square in Murfreesboro. Organized by Elsie Stem, the event featured representatives of each branch of the services and veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
The Gore Center is a partner in the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project, a nation-wide effort to document veterans' experiences of all of the major conflicts of the twentieth century. Since 2000, the Center has conducted over 200 oral history interviews, 110 of them with veterans. The Center provided a table-top display featuring photographs, oral history excerpts, and memorabilia collected as part of the project. Dr. Pruitt addressed the audience, explaining the scope of the project and inviting participation.
To learn more about the national Veterans History Project, visit their website at www.loc.gov/folklife/vets.
For excerpts from the Gore Center's oral history interviews, visit our website at http://janus.mtsu.edu.
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