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Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus: Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg discusses his book, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers” during a Botkin Lecture Series event hosted by the American Folklife Center, July 21, 2017. Photo by Shawn Miller. In the Botkin Folklife...
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Bidding Blue Skies and Tailwinds to the Last of the Doolittle Raiders
Just days shy of the 77th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, Lieutenant Colonel Richard “Dick” Cole, the sole surviving Doolittle Raider, flew west this morning. He was 103 years old. Dick Cole and...
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Homegrown Plus: Onnik & Ara Dinkjian: Armenian Song
In the Homegrown Plus series, we present Homegrown concerts that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog post. (Find the whole series here!) We’re...
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Recent updates to the Ethnographic Thesaurus reflect needs of power users
This is a guest post by folklorist and AFC archivist, Kelly Revak. Among her many other responsibilities at the Center, Kelly oversees revisions and updates to the Ethnographic Thesaurus. The AFS...
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D-Day Journeys: Nurses on the Ground and in the Sky
June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allies’ famed invasion of the beaches of Normandy. In honor of this momentous occasion, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is publishing a special...
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Intern reflection: Brittney Meadors
This is a guest blog post from Spring 2019 intern Brittney Meadors working at the American Folklife Center. Brittney is a first year graduate student at Howard University pursuing a Masters degree in...
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Folklife at the International Level: The Roots of ‘Intangible Cultural...
Fado musicians Duarte Tavares, Manuel Bulhoes, and Olivete Poulart (L-R), performing at IV Seasons Restaurant, Lowell, Massachusetts, November 14 1987. Photo by John Lueders-Booth. Part of the online...
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From Behind the Lines to Between the Lines: War Poems and Beyond
The following is a blog post in honor of National Poetry Month. While walking the halls of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, it is not difficult to be inspired by the Lyric Poetry...
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D-Day Journeys: Charles Norman Shay
June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allies’ famed invasion of the beaches of Normandy. In honor of this momentous occasion, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is publishing a special...
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Five Questions with Mike Farrar, Los Angeles Region American Red Cross & VHP...
The following is a guest blog post from American Red Cross Long Beach Chapter’s Veterans History Project Director, Mike Farrar in honor of National Volunteer Month. Tell us about yourself. Mike Farrar...
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