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Explore what makes the Veterans Museum’s storytelling mission unique, step inside its new Jacksonville interview studio, and commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 through Veterans’ firsthand accounts. This issue also highlights upcoming events, interactive kiosk appearances, and opportunities to preserve your own story of service.
Discover how the Veterans Museum is working toward preserving 10,000 Veteran stories—and how you can help. This issue highlights recent media coverage, upcoming Veterans Council meetings, new community partnerships, interview opportunities, interactive storytelling kiosks, and meaningful ways to support the mission through membership, volunteering, donations, and sharing Veterans’ stories.
Celebrate 250 years of American freedom through the stories of those who served. This issue introduces the Veterans Museum’s new promotional video, highlights a Veterans Legacy Project event with Florida A&M University, and shares ways to preserve your story, host an interactive kiosk, or support the mission through a tax-deductible donation.
On June 18, 2026, Major James Capers Jr., U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), was awarded the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony for his extraordinary heroism during the Vietnam War in 1967. Earlier this year, the Veterans Museum had the privilege of visiting Major Capers at his home in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to record his story for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
