Uncle Sam Wants You - Again!
How many of you wish you could sit down and talk with a veteran of the Civil War?
Someone who fought at Shiloh, Gettysburg, or Antietam? How would you like to have dinner with
a nurse who worked with Clara Barton? Or a soldier who survived Andersonville?
Substitute Guadalcanal, Inchon, or Khe Sahn for the legendary Civil War battles, and you will
have something of an idea of what is like for our younger members to enjoy the friendship of
our many ACWRT members who are veterans of the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert
Storm. While we meet every month to discuss the war that saved the Union, we have a tremendous
living legacy among our very own members, whose service and sacrifice changed the world.
While we can't go back in time to interview the veterans of the Civil War, we can preserve
the heritage we have in our own Round Table. We are beginning a new project to record your
stories and make them available on our web site.
We want to talk to our veterans, home front workers, medical personnel, other service personnel,
as well as anybody who has childhood memories theyıd like to share. Each small piece of the
daily life, humor, and heartbreak that can be told now, will allow future generations to
understand -- and remember. If you have photos, letters, poems, etc. from your wartime
experience that you can share, we will share those along with your story (all items will be
carefully digitized and returned).
In other words, we want to talk to YOU. And all you have to do is tell us that you have a
story to tell. We'll do the rest! Please -- leave your legacy. Share your story.
To participate in the ACWRT Wartime Heritage project, please contact the ACWRT webmaster,
Mary Clare, at webmaster@austincivilwar.org.
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