Courage, Patriotism, Community Web Site at Library of Congress

["danna c. bell-russel" <dbell@LOC.GOV>]

Good afternoon,

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below not to the poster.

Courage, Patriotism, Community Web Site Debuts on Library of Congress=
 website

   In honor of Memorial Day and in celebration of the American spirit, the=
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Library of Congress is
   launching a new Web site highlighting its collections of veterans=92=20
stories, patriotic music and
   community life. The new site, called Courage, Patriotism, Community, is=
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accessible at
   http://www.loc.gov/courage.

   Courage, Patriotism, Community comprises three Web presentations:=20
Experiencing War: Stories from
   the Veterans History Project; Patriotic Melodies: Selections from I Hear=
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America Singing; and
   Community Roots: Selections from the Local Legacies Project.

   Experiencing War (http://www.loc.gov/warstories) features selected=20
stories from the Library=92s
   Veterans History Project in the American Folklife Center. Created by an=
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act of Congress in 2000, the
   Veterans History Project provides veterans and the civilians who=20
supported them the opportunity to
   record for posterity their wartime experiences. These poignant stories,=
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which reflect the Web site=92s
   theme of =93courage, patriotism and community,=94 are told through video,=
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audio and written personal
   accounts from 21 veterans and civilians. They include such stories as=20
that of James Walsh, veteran of
   the Korean War, who describes the numbing cold and horrifying scenes he=
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endured with the 25th
   Infantry. Also included are photographs, diaries and scrapbooks=97all=20
digitized and presented on the
   Web site. This initial release of personal narratives will be followed=20
by many more from the 7,000
   collections the Veterans History Project has received to date.

   Patriotic Melodies (http://www.loc.gov/patrioticmusic) illustrates the=20
close connection between
   patriotism, music, and the expression of the American spirit; it=20
features some of the nation=92s most
   beloved patriotic tunes as well as the story behind the creation of each=
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melody. The 26 initial
   selections include national songs like =93The Star Spangled Banner,=94=20
=93America=94 and =93My Country =91Tis of
   Thee=94; military theme songs like =93The Army Goes Rolling Along,=94=
 =93Anchors=20
Aweigh=94 and =93The Marines=92
   Hymn=94; and music like =93Over There=94 and =93Yankee Doodle Boy=94=
 drawn from=20
musical theater. A trip to
   the Web site will allow visitors to turn the pages of Aaron Copland=92s=
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=93Fanfare for the Common Man,=94
   listen to Kate Smith sing =93God Bless America,=94 and learn interesting=
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facts=97such as the title of George
   M. Cohan=92s renowned song, =93You=92re a Grand Old Flag,=94 which was=20
originally titled =93You=92re a Grand Old
   Rag.=94

   Community Roots (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/roots) documents America=92s=
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local festivals,
   community events and other grassroots activities. The events selected=20
for this presentation come
   from the larger Local Legacies collection=97a joint project of the=
 Library=20
of Congress and the U.S.
   Congress that was initiated during the Library=92s bicentennial=20
celebration in 2000 to document the
   nation=92s multicultural traditions at the turn of the 20th century. For=
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the purpose of the online
   presentation, one local tradition has been selected to represent each=20
state, the District of Columbia,
   the territories and trusts. These include Buccaneer Days in Texas, which=
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celebrates a time in history
   when pirate ships sailed the Gulf waters, and the World=92s Largest=20
Pancake Breakfast=97serving some
   40,000=97in Springfield, Mass. Viewed as a whole, Community Roots=20
highlights the ways in which
   Americans celebrate their diverse cultural backgrounds.

   The Library of Congress is the largest repository of human knowledge in=
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the history of the world.
   During the last decade, the Library took advantage of the power of the=20
Internet and the unparalleled
   resources of its collections and curators to become the leading provider=
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of free noncommercial
   educational content on the World Wide Web. Its award-winning Web site is=
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accessible at
   http://www.loc.gov. From baseball cards to presidential diaries, from=20
Edison=92s first films to Mathew
   Brady=92s Civil War photographs, more than 8 million items are now=20
available online showcasing the
   creativity and courage of the American people.

Please direct any questions to the Library of Congress Public Affairs=20
Office at (202) 707-2905 or via email=20
at                                                          pao@loc.gov

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