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href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/christmas/">christmas</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-217"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights/">Civil Rights</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14930"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights-history-project/">Civil Rights History Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13233"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/clothing/">Clothing</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41139"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/afc-events/homegrown-concert-series/concerts-with-archive-challenge-content/">Concerts with Archive Challenge Content</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41169"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/covid-19-pandemic/covid-19-american-history-project/">COVID-19 American History Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37422"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/covid-19-pandemic/">COVID-19 pandemic</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15536"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/cowboys/">Cowboys</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15652"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/crafts/">Crafts</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41049"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serving-our-voices/creative-expressions-of-service/">Creative Expressions of Service</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22524"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/croatian-americans/">Croatian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22525"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/cuban-americans/">Cuban Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-249"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/cultural-heritage/">Cultural Heritage</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22526"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/czech-americans/">Czech Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-31449"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/d-day/">D-Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-256"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/dance/">Dance</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22527"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/danish-americans/">Danish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-17585"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/dia-de-los-muertos/">Día de los Muertos</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37237"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/dia-de-muertos/">Día de Muertos</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19743"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/disablity/">Disablity</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41050"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serving-our-voices/diverse-experiences-in-service/">Diverse Experiences in Service</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41046"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/dodger/">Dodger</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19651"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/don-yoder/">Don Yoder</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-295"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/drama/">Drama</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22560"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/duncan-emrich/">Duncan Emrich</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22466"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/easter-holidays/">Easter</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13517"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/easter/">Easter</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25758"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/material-culture/eggs/">Eggs</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1405"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/england/">England</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41068"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/african-americans/freedom-struggle/ernest-finney/">Ernest Finney</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15570"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/ethnomusicologists/">ethnomusicologists</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-313"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/exhibits/">Exhibits</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41135"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/far-away-moses-2/">Far-Away Moses</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-20239"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/fathers-day/">Father's Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-47943"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/federal-writers-project-2/">Federal Writers Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15088"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/federal-writers-project/">Federal Writers' Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25668"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/fieldwork/">Fieldwork</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/film/">Film</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-2208"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/finding-aids/">Finding Aids</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22528"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/finnish-americans/">Finnish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25612"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/fiona-ritchie/">Fiona Ritchie</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15704"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-art/">Folk Art</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14952"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-drama/">Folk Drama</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-21184"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-medicine/">Folk Medicine</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14928"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-music/">Folk Music</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15569"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folklorists-2/">Folklorists</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14929"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folksong/">Folksong</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14921"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/foodways/">Foodways</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19688"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/frances-densmore/">Frances Densmore</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19704"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/francis-la-flesche/">Francis La Flesche</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-31489"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/african-americans/freedom-struggle/">Freedom Struggle</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-31488"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/freedom-stuggle/">Freedom Stuggle</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25852"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights/freedom-summer-1964/">Freedom Summer 1964</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33484"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/french-american-history/">French American History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41070"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/african-americans/freedom-struggle/friendship-nine/">Friendship Nine</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15698"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/games-2/">Games</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37257"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/geographical-guides/">Geographical Guides</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19663"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/george-korson/">George Korson</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19625"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/george-pickow/">George Pickow</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37276"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/georgia-country/">Georgia [Country]</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22468"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/german-americans/">German Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19628"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/gerry-parsons/">Gerry Parsons</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25715"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/glen-pearcy-collection/">Glen Pearcy Collection</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19633"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/greek-americans/">Greek Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33476"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/green-man/">Green Man</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37256"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/groundhog-day/">Groundhog Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1678"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/haiti/">Haiti</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-40982"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/hal-an-tow/">Hal An Tow</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-368"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/halloween/">Halloween</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37239"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/halloween-songs/">Halloween Songs</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37238"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/halloween-stories/">Halloween Stories</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25827"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/hawaiian-americans/">Hawaiian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19689"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/herbert-halpert/">Herbert Halpert</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25821"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/hidden-folklorists/">Hidden Folklorists</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33456"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/higher-education/">Higher Education</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-36658"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/hispanic-american-history/">Hispanic American History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-384"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/">Holidays</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15705"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/home/">Home</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-12107"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/afc-events/homegrown-concert-series/">Homegrown Concert Series</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41059"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/homegrown-foodways-premieres/">Homegrown Foodways Premieres</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29957"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/afc-events/homegrown-concert-series/homegrown-plus/">Homegrown Plus</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-40980"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/afc-events/homegrown-concert-series/homegrown-premieres/">Homegrown Premieres</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13754"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/hunting/">Hunting</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-401"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/immigration/">immigration</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41051"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serving-our-voices/impact-of-service/">Impact of Service</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-406"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/independence-day/">Independence Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25774"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/intangible-cultural-heritage/">Intangible Cultural Heritage</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15584"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/internship-program/">Internship program</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19742"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/iraq-war/">Iraq War</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-2340"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/ireland/">ireland</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-38857"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/irish-american-history/">Irish American History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-18331"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/irish-americans/">Irish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19634"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/italian-americans/">Italian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22469"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/jacob-grimm/">Jacob Grimm</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-21100"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/james-madison-carpenter/">James Madison Carpenter</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22530"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/japanese-americans/">Japanese Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25707"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/jazz/">Jazz</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19624"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/jean-ritchie/">Jean Ritchie</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-35372"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/jewish-american-history/">Jewish American History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15529"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/jewish-americans/">Jewish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41060"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/john-cohen/">John Cohen</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-47941"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/african-american-history/john-edgar-tidwell/">John Edgar Tidwell</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19690"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/john-henry-faulk/">John Henry Faulk</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15550"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/john-lomax/">John Lomax</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15571"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/john-wesley-work-iii/">John Wesley Work III</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15707"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/juan-b-rael/">Juan B Rael</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13246"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/juneteenth/">Juneteenth</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-11633"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/kentucky/">Kentucky</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22531"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/korean-americans/">Korean Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25752"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/korean-war/">Korean War</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37235"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/la-llorona/">La Llorona</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22607"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/labor-day/">Labor Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14932"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/languages-and-dialects/">Languages and Dialects</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-477"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/latin-america/">Latin America</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41031"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/latino-a/">Latino/a</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19611"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/lead-belly-huddie-ledbetter/">Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-11360"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/legends/">Legends</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22274"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/lgbt-pride-month/">LGBT Pride Month</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-18752"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/lgbtq/">LGBTQ</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22532"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/lithuanian-americans/">Lithuanian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33438"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/live-in-the-archive/">Live in the Archive</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-517"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/louisiana/">Louisiana</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22533"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/macedonian-americans/">Macedonian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22559"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/marshall-w-stearns/">Marshall W. Stearns</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25683"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/martin-luther-king-2/">Martin Luther King</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-2053"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/martin-luther-king/">Martin Luther King</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19680"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/mary-hufford/">Mary Hufford</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1447"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/maryland/">Maryland</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-2789"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/massachusetts/">Massachusetts</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15653"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/material-culture/">Material 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href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/millennials/">Millennials</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25861"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/mothers-day/">Mother's Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41029"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/mumming/">Mumming</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-572"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/museums/">Museums</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22467"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/myths/">Myths</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15654"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/narratives/">Narratives</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13478"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/native-americans/" title="Category for surfacing items for NAHM">Native American History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41167"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/nea-national-heritage-fellowship/">NEA National Heritage Fellowship</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15710"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/new-years-day/">New Year's Day</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33423"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/no-depressions-roots-in-the-archive/">No Depression's Roots in the Archive</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22534"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/norwegian-americans/">Norwegian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25669"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/obituaries/">Obituaries</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29971"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/occupational-folklife-project/">Occupational Folklife Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41052"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serving-our-voices/occupations-and-specialties-in-service/">Occupations and Specialties in Service</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1448"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/ohio/">Ohio</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-21059"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/open-mic/">Open Mic</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-31482"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/animals-2/opossums/">opossums</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-631"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/oral-history/">Oral History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-35376"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/pacific-islander-history/">Pacific Islander History</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22504"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/pacific-islands-americans/">Pacific Islands Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29932"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/persian-gulf-war/">Persian Gulf War</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14953"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/pete-seeger/">Pete Seeger</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-654"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/photographs/">Photographs</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1586"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/pic-of-the-week/">Pic of the Week</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-34"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/podcasts/">Podcasts</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-35"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/poetry/">Poetry</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22535"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/polish-americans/">Polish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25610"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/popular-culture/">Popular Culture</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41125"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/post-traumatic-stress-pts/">Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22495"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/practical-jokes/">Practical Jokes</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-36"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/preservation/">Preservation</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15709"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/proverbs/">Proverbs</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22536"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/puerto-rican-americans/">Puerto Rican Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29799"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/purple-heart/">Purple Heart</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25667"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-art/textile-arts/quilts/">Quilts</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-685"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/radio/">Radio</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-698"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/religion/">Religion</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25592"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/repatriation/">Repatriation</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15574"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/riddles/">riddles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19666"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/robert-sonkin/">Robert Sonkin</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19664"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/robert-winslow-gordon/">Robert Winslow Gordon</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41071"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/african-americans/freedom-struggle/rock-hill-nine/">Rock Hill Nine</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-21049"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/rosanne-cash/">Rosanne Cash</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19674"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/ruby-terrill-lomax/">Ruby Terrill Lomax</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41030"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/rumors/">rumors</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19732"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/russian-americans/">russian americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41028"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/ruth-crawford-seeger/">Ruth Crawford Seeger</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-19667"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/sam-eskin/">Sam Eskin</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-1323"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/scotland/">Scotland</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15726"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights/selma-to-montgomery-voting-rights-march/">Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22537"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serbian-americans/">Serbian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41048"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/serving-our-voices/">Serving: Our Voices</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25718"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights-history-project/shirley-sherrod/">Shirley Sherrod</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15572"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/sidney-robertson-cowell/">Sidney Robertson Cowell</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22538"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/slovak-americans/">Slovak Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22539"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/slovenian-americans/">Slovenian Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-17570"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/civil-rights/sncc/">SNCC</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29745"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/snow/">Snow</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-30559"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/south-america/">South America</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25716"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/southwest-georgia-project/">Southwest Georgia Project</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37266"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/spiritual-music/">Spiritual music</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-33431"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/staff-finds-during-difficult-times/">Staff Finds During Difficult Times</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-47940"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/sterling-a-brown/">Sterling A. Brown</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15096"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/stetson-kennedy/">Stetson Kennedy</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-31490"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/story-map/">Story Map</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-14057"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/storycorps/">StoryCorps</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-15655"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/narratives/storytelling-narratives/">Storytelling</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25714"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/student-interracial-ministry/">Student Interracial Ministry</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25739"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/students/">Students</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22540"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/swedish-americans/">Swedish Americans</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-22575"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/teachers/">teachers</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-796"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/teaching/">Teaching</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25652"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/folk-art/textile-arts/">Textile arts</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25742"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/material-culture/textiles/">Textiles</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-29970"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/holidays/thanksgiving/">Thanksgiving</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-25613"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/thistle-shamrock/">Thistle & Shamrock</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-41"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/thomas-jefferson-building/">Thomas Jefferson Building</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-37275"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/tony-barrand-interview/">Tony Barrand Interview</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-819"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/tourism/">Tourism</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-10497"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/category/material-culture/toys/">Toys</a> </li> <li class="cat-item 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srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad2.jpg 640w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad2-300x300.jpg 300w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad2-150x150.jpg 150w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad2-314x314.jpg 314w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></div><figcaption>Travis Bickford in uniform while stationed in Baghdad, 2005. Image courtesy of Travis Bickford.</figcaption></figure> <h1 class="entry-title">Three Days</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <p class="h3 my-4"><time datetime="2023-11-27">November 27, 2023</time></p> <p class="h3 my-4">Posted by: <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/author/ltaylor/">Lisa Taylor</a></p> </div> <h2 id="share-header" class="h3 font-weight-normal mb-2">Share this post:</h2> <ul class="share social-links list-unstyled justify-content-center" aria-labelledby="share-header"> <li class="facebook-link"> <a href="#" class="share-link share-link-facebook" title="Share this page on Facebook" target="_blank"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://www.loc.gov/static/images/social-media/facebook.svg" width="32" height="32" alt="Facebook"> </a> </li> <li class="twitter-link"> <a href="#" class="share-link share-link-twitter" title="Share this page on Twitter" target="_blank"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://www.loc.gov/static/images/social-media/twitter.svg" width="32" height="32" alt="Twitter"> </a> </li> <li class="copy-link"> <button type="button" class="btn btn-link p-0 share-link share-link-copy-link" data-trigger="manual" data-placement="top" title="Copy link to clipboard"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://www.loc.gov/static/images/share/link.svg" width="32" height="32" alt="Copy link"> </button> </li> </ul> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>The following is a guest blog post by Travis Bickford, head of programs and communications at The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP).</em></p> <p>On August 28, 2005, it was 111 degrees in Baghdad. That kind of heat makes you conspiratorial, like “nah, this ain’t real” kind of heat. I’d only been in country a few weeks and was still enamored by simpler things like how sweat, arm hair and dust combined to make probably the world’s strongest adhesive, and that it wasn’t going to rain until December. I don’t remember anything else specific about that day besides seeing on the news that a hurricane was nearing the Gulf Coast, and cities like New Orleans were evacuating. By Iraq standards, it was another day. Standing in the middle of a combat zone can even make hurricanes feel trite. That next day was not trite.</p> <figure id="attachment_38755" style="width: 303px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-38755 size-full" src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad.jpg" alt="A group of men in military uniforms" width="303" height="356" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad.jpg 303w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad-255x300.jpg 255w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/Travis-Bickford_Baghdad-267x314.jpg 267w" sizes="(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px"/></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Travis Bickford (right) with fellow soldiers. Baghdad, 2005. Image courtesy of Travis Bickford.</figcaption></figure> <p>I don’t know what the temperature was on August 29, 2005. Sure, Google it, but it doesn’t matter if it was the hottest day on record, I was better off in Iraq than in New Orleans. In fact, it’s arguable that Baghdad was safer than New Orleans all that following September, too. Which is ironic, because most people are unaware that on August 29<sup>th,</sup> an entire Louisiana National Guard brigade, the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, constituting almost one third of the state’s total force (roughly 3,000 soldiers), was stationed at Camp Liberty, Iraq. They were less than three weeks from completing a yearlong deployment.</p> <p>The base felt eerie that day. I was surrounded by soldiers from Louisiana whose collective anxiety and fear had manifested into silence and thousand-mile stares. The communications in Louisiana were down for almost three days, but just like everyone else, we had the same news coverage. It’s estimated that approximately 80% of the city evacuated before the storm. Many who stayed did so  because they were poor, did not have personal transportation and resources for evacuating were scarce.</p> <figure id="attachment_38753" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-38753 size-medium" src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-300x225.jpg" alt="a flooded neighborhood of houses and trees" width="300" height="225" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-300x225.jpg 300w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-419x314.jpg 419w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection.jpg 604w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px"/></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">New Orleans, LA after Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Andrew James Chier Collection, Library of Congress, Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/90701.</figcaption></figure> <p>Considering the socioeconomic situation of the enlisted military, it was probable the 256<sup>th</sup> had numerous soldiers with family members who stayed. That 20% got a lot bigger for the enlisted ranks. It’s also probable that some of those soldiers lost their homes. The same homes they’d been thinking of going back to nonstop for 12 months, were now maybe washed away. Three days not knowing if your family or friends were alive. Three days not knowing whether your spouse and kids were alive. You see, these weren’t active-duty soldiers who came from all over and were just based in Louisiana. These were Louisianians. Yes, it was probable that at least some of these soldiers experienced these fears. And many of them were redeployed at home for a disaster relief mission only three days after they returned from a yearlong combat-tour. Their fear, their silence, their empty stares and anything else they felt waiting at Camp Liberty, were justified.</p> <p>Those few days after Katrina are some of the most pronounced memories from my time in Iraq. The topic is rarely omitted whenever I discuss my war experience still, because I’ll never stop wondering what those soldiers persevered, wondering what they were thinking and wanting their stories to be heard. Today, I’m fortunate that it’s my job to collect the firsthand accounts from the 256th. <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://www.loc.gov/programs/veterans-history-project/about-this-program/?loclr=blogflt">VHP</a> has a mission to collect, preserve and make accessible the memories of any veteran who served our nation from the First World War to more recent conflicts and peacetime missions. We are building an initiative that focuses on veterans who served on the front lines of the COVID pandemic and other emergency/disaster relief missions, or who were members of the Uniformed Commissioned Corps. These stories will do it justice.</p> <figure id="attachment_38751" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-Convention-Center-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-38751 size-medium" src="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-Convention-Center-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-300x225.jpg" alt="clothing, military uniforms and sleeping cots spread across a large open room" width="300" height="225" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-Convention-Center-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-300x225.jpg 300w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-Convention-Center-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection-419x314.jpg 419w, //web.archive.org/web/20231204145523im_/https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/files/2023/11/New-Orleans-Convention-Center-after-Hurrican-Katrina_-Andrew-Chier-collection.jpg 604w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px"/></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Living area for National Guard in the convention center in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Andrew James Chier Collection, Library of Congress, Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/90701.</figcaption></figure> <p>August 29, 2025, will mark the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. That gives us almost two years to gather as many veterans’ interviews as possible. Everyone can help – you  can forward this blog post to any Louisianians you know. And if you don’t know any, then tell somebody about this project who does. 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