Thank You Veterens - Wilmington NC Veteren's History Project

Today, I would like to take the time to say thank you to all the men and women who have served our country in the past and those who continue to serve. You are our heroes!

Today was Cape Fear Community College's inaugural event for the Veterans History Project at the college. The event offered veterans an opportunity to listen to military speakers and swap stories.

Starting this semester, all CFCC history students will be matched with veterans of wars, both past and present, to record their memories and document U.S. history. The project is both a college research assignment and a contribution to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. Students will be collecting stories and doing interviews until the end of the school year in May, 2009.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 16 million U.S. armed forces personnel served in World War II between Dec. 1, 1941 and Dec. 31, 1946. Their numbers had declined to 5.7 million by the 2000 census, This number is expected to decline even more by the next census in 2010.

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