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The Internet has allowed us to create a unique Veterans Memorial, a virtual monument, universally accessible, where the veterans themselves, their moving images and words, are the Memorial.

The Veterans Memorial Archive is a collection of about 650 video interviews with veterans of World War II and other conflicts. A good number are from Florida. About 50 clips from some of the interviews are available on Google Video. The keyword is vetarchive. These clips provide a superb, interactive way to teach young people about the contributions of our veterans. A program may be customized in various ways (i.e. by Service, conflict or thematically to suit requirements). The Featured section suggests points of departure. Brief summaries and videos are found in Videos. Interviews summarizes the video clips featured in the previous section and gives overall statistics.

Our Activities page suggests curriculum development for various class levels that might be considered for a November 11th Veterans Day program or other occasions. About Us offers background information.

This project has the full support of the Sarasota Board of Education. We hope that it might continue and even expand throughout the State of Florida. You can be a big help. Contact Us and provide feedback so that we may grow this project together and allow us to demonstrate that this venture is both used and useful.

Please let us know if you have any thoughts, questions or suggestions and do check our Flyer.

Ted Koszarski

Director