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Carol,

Regrettably I can’t make the meeting, but two Humanities Kansas staff members are interested in joining the Zoom:

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Thank you!

Julie

From: Julie Mulvihill <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 1:42 PM
To: Museum on Main Street <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Vietnam War: Public Grief and Personal Memory
Carol,

This sounds really interesting.  I hope to attend the June 19th meeting. Thank you for the invitation. We’ve done some work with Vietnam War veterans pre-Covid and it was a remarkable experience for everyone involved.

Julie


Julie Mulvihill
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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From: Museum on Main Street <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Harsh, Carol <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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Subject: Vietnam War: Public Grief and Personal Memory
Hi all,

I like to ask for your response to a new program initiative we are investigating, called Vietnam War: Public Grief and Personal Memory.

As communities across the country mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 2025, the Smithsonian is exploring the possibility of collaborating with the National Park Service and Virginia Tech to develop a 6-month national program initiative. With a focus on local history, we would provide host communities with a menu of digital resource materials—including a BIY-style exhibition framework for locally produced exhibitions and educational posters for classroom use. Host communities will develop exhibitions and feature stories about local veterans, their families, and the impact of the war on their community.

The National Park Service will loan objects left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC to organizations that meet the required security standards to be included in local exhibitions as powerful expressions of public grief.

The Veterans in Society Initiative at Virginia Tech would take the lead in developing a vast array of program supports using a "vets working to help vets" approach, as well as a train-the trainer program to assist communities as they plan and implement public programs that recognize veterans in meaningful ways.

More details of our ideas can be found in the attached Executive Summary.

I believe this could be a wonderful opportunity to recognize and honor Vietnam Vets, share community stories about the impact of the war, engage young people in cross-generational programs, and participate in a "Hands Across America" program that connects communities—rural and urban--through coordinated programs marking the anniversary date, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day in 2025.  We would love to involve our state humanities council partners in this effort.

If you would like to learn more about this initiative and help us shape how it could be implemented in hundreds of communities across the country, please let me know.

We will convene a zoom meeting to discuss these ideas and how to involve state partners on Monday, June 19 at 2:00 EST. Please let me know if you want to join us and I'll send you the Zoom link.

With warm regards,

Carol

Carol G. Harsh, Associate Director for MoMS and Community Engagement
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