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Frequently Asked Questions
The VHP was
unanimously enacted into law by the Congress on October 27, 2000. The
project honors our nation's war veterans and those who served in support of
them by creating a lasting legacy of videotaped interviews and other
documents chronicling their wartime experiences and how those experiences
affected their lives and America itself. The interviews will be
preserved forever in the national archives in the Library of Congress for
future generations to learn from.
In addition to organizing and video recording the interviews, Americans
Remembered provides a duplicate copy to the interviewee family for their
family's personal archives. Americans Remembered has an objective of
completing 10,000 interviews over the next three years. This will not
happen without contributions of time and money from individuals,
businesses, corporations, and foundations. Please carefully consider our request for help.
Yes, as a 501(c)(3) corporation, all donations to Americans Remembered,
Inc. are tax deductible.
It costs about $100 to complete three interviews (we always try to do
three interviews in succession so that we can capitalize on setup time as
well as skill transfer). This is for supplies and processing work only
and does not include the interviewer's time or travel. The recording
and copying equipment, the processing time, supplies, postage, office space
and administrative expenses are all included in the cost. The time
required to complete and prepare the interview to be sent to the Library of
Congress is four to seven hours.
Yes, we have a starter kit that we send out to all volunteers with helpful
tips on getting started. The kit includes the packet developed for
interviewers by the Veterans History Project, a package of real life
suggestions on the interviewing process based on our experience doing
interviews over the past year, and copies of all the required forms to
accompany the videotaped interview. We have found that once you have done three or
four interviews, you will be very comfortable and develop your own style.
And,
we are always available to help you get started. We will provide
consultation by phone or email when you need it - our top priority is to
assure that our
volunteers are successful.
Look around you. There are family members, friends, neighbors, fellow
workers - veterans are everywhere. We are interested in veterans
from WWI through the current War on Terror - all veterans from all wars and
all branches of service are prime interview candidates. Many of our volunteers also solicit
veterans to interview through their church, civic and veteran
organizations. Don't forget that we also want to preserve memories
of those home front workers who supported our military in all our wars.
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