Plains Story Share: history

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Veterans History Project

The Library of Congress in conjunction with the American Folklife Center has been working for the last 11 years to compile the history of American veterans and civilians involved in war efforts.

Plains Story Share will be volunteering to facilitate interviews to donate to the Library of Congress archives and is looking for anyone who is a veteran, a family member or friend of a veteran who is interested in recording their wartime experiences. Please look over the information on this site and contact me for more information about how to proceed. We can conduct the interview or simply be there to record and hand over the donation.

This is really an incredible project and I believe stories should live on! Support each other by listening - check out their website to hear examples of recorded stories, subscribe to their RSS or podcast.

What is this?

This is a place to hear the stories shared with Plains Story Share, a cooperative storytelling group. Previously located in eastern South Dakota, Plains Story Share is now using Howard Lake, MN as home base. Plains Story Share is committed to participating in interesting events and continues to pursue experiments in audio journalism. Plains Story Share was started as a way for anyone and everyone to take part in sharing a personal, meaningful story that the world would otherwise miss. Inspired by NPR programming, such as StoryCorps and This American Life, Plains Story Share is a way to be a part of an interesting experience, in person, in your community. Each story told is recorded and uploaded to this website to share with the world, with the permission of the author/speaker.