Vermont Oral History

Auntie GWPDA sent me a link to this cool local school project:

Saving our history is becoming more important than ever. With things changing so much all the time, many people have no idea that things haven't always been this way. We live in an old railroad town with a great history, but unless there's an older person in the family who has passed the stories down to family, people don't even know anything about it. I teach a town history class for 9th through 12th grade, and we would like to create an oral history log that will live on forever.

Most of the interviews students have done in the past have been hand written. While this is a good start, with all the technology available today, it would be so much better if we could see and hear the older folks in the community telling us their history and the history of the town. If we had the resources, we would be able to videotape people in the community who are in the know, and we could then take these videos back and use editing software to create a wonderful preservation of the past.

I threw some war tax redirection their way.  Neat site, though it still makes me mad that schools have to go extracurricular to raise funds for worthy educational efforts.  Make the military hold bake sales!

ntodd