Come join us for the Veterans History Project with the Travis Manion Foundation where we honor our brave veterans and Gold Star families! Please read the entire email for all details.
Join us for an incredible event celebrating our brave veterans! This Veterans History Project is an in-person gathering that will take place at Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
Located at 8811 Wilshire Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73132 9-10 April 2026 starting 0900 (9:00 am )
***If you need any assistance with signing-up for this event please call 918-581-7651 and we can schedule you immediately.
Below are the links for veterans, gold star survivors and volunteers who will register for their interview. over to the right you will see a orange/red button that says "Reserve Your Spot" click on that. Once it opens click on a time you want to give your interview by changing the 0 to 1 that will open a new orange/red button that says "Register" which will open a new tab so you can load your personal information IF you're a Gold Star Survivor at the every end of your last name leave the code "GS" for Gold Star if you are a veteran just leave your last name.


Veterans/Gold Star Survivor :
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../veteran-history-project...


Volunteers:
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../volunteers-for-veteran...
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Thank you very much for your interest in assisting veterans and the Library of Congress in this interview event sponsored by the American Red Cross, U.S. Senator James Lankford, and the Travis Manion Foundation Central Oklahoma Chapter. Veterans are free to speak about whatever they want in the interview, as long as it includes personal accounts of their military service.
Veterans telling their stories must fill out two required forms, the Biographical Data Form, and the Veteran's Release form. The release form gives the Veterans History Project permission to make your interview publicly available for nonprofit research purposes. It DOES NOT give away any rights. Copyright, likeness rights, and story rights are all retained by the veteran.
Please download, print, and bring the completed forms with you to your interview: both forms are attached on this email
Biographical data form: https://www.loc.gov/.../vhp-field-kit-biographical.pdf
Veteran's Release form: https://www.loc.gov/.../vhp-field-kit-veterans-release.pdf
These interviews are unedited and uncensored, so their words will go into the historical record exactly as they said them.Here is a list of sample questions on the Library of Congress website: https://www.loc.gov/.../how.../sample-interview-questions/
If you have any questions please contact Senator Lankford's Tulsa Office at (918) 581-7651 or email okveteranshistory@gmail.com
You’ll see for each interview we will need an interviewer and a note taker. OK Red Cross VHP training video for volunteers:
https://vimeo.com/902414865/3f8a2ace3e?share=copy
This event is a unique opportunity to honor and preserve the memories of those who have served our country. See less