CCSU Veterans History Project

Sunday’s Hartford Courant had a timely story about the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University. The article highlighted how the project provided one man with information that lead to a meeting with his late father’s shipmate. Check out the full article. The Veteran’s History Project has videos of interviews with veterans and other resources.

Perhaps this article struck me since just last week the Railway Museum in Willimantic was vandalized. Seeing the swastika on the engine was very painful especially since many of the museum’s volunteers lived during World War II. The vandalism was caused by teens home from school due to local elections. Most teens have no connection or understanding of the times of WWII. At the personal level the article moved me since my mother’s family is Jewish and my 83 year old father is a veteran of the army and although he doesn’t talk about it much, it greatly affected him (and probably why he opposes the Iraq war).

I thought this would be a good learning opportunity for students. Information following the article states, “If you are a veteran interested in sharing your story, or would like to volunteer to conduct interviews, contact project director Eileen Hurst at 860-832-2976 or hursteim@ccsu.edu.”