Norton Announces Relaunch of Veterans Oral History Project to Collect Stories of D.C. Veterans for Library of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the relaunch of the D.C. Veterans Oral History Project today with the Library of Congress. The project collects the service stories of D.C. veterans and archives them with the Library of Congress. Veterans from D.C. are invited to share their service stories to help preserve their history. Any veteran may participate. Stories will be recorded via Zoom and archived with the Library of Congress.

To preserve your story, or for more information, please contact:

The District Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Phone: 202-408-9041

Email: Norton.VeteransHistory@mail.house.gov

"I particularly want to urge our D.C. veterans to participate as we move closer to D.C. statehood, which 54% of the American people now support," Norton said. "No one makes the case for statehood better than our D.C. veterans, who served their country without a vote in Congress."