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Good afternoon, This announcement is being sent to a number of lists. Please accept our=20 apologies for duplicate postings. Please direct any questions about the site to the email address provided=20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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,= =20 which reflect the Web site=92s theme of =93courage, patriotism and community,=94 are told through video,= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 =93Fanfare for the Common Man,=94 listen to Kate Smith sing =93God Bless America,=94 and learn interesting= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 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= =20 of free noncommercial educational content on the World Wide Web. Its award-winning Web site is= =20 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. 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