CETconnect.org

Yesterday I submitted a grant proposal to fund community and educational outreach for THE WAR, the next film on the way from Ken Burns. An exciting aspect of THE WAR, which focuses on World War II, is that it will consist of first-person memories - the oral histories of the people who lived it.

With our partner, the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, CET hopes to provide a number of new interviews with our very own neighbors in Greater Cincinnati who are veterans and those who were on the homefront during WWII.

You can visit the Library’s Veterans History Project right now on the web and find more than 100 interviews, mostly local, and other artifacts such as photographs and documents. PLCH is a partner in the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project, but the local database PLCH has created goes far beyond a collection of interviews. It is searchable, attractive, and ready to be used.

CETconnect hosts several veterans interviews as well, and others will be added in the coming months, leading up to THE WAR’s premiere in September 2007.

Be sure to check out the website for THE WAR, visit PLCH’s Veterans History Project, and frequent CETconnect to find out more today and in the coming months. -Patsy