Coastal Carolina University has announced the creation of a new center that will recognize local American military veterans and preserve a record of their service.
The Center for Military and Veterans Studies at Coastal Carolina University will officially open in January on campus. The center is partnering with the U.S. Library of Congress to collect and preserve the memoirs and records of local military veterans, while encouraging public appreciation for veterans and their contributions to the nation.
Located in the University’s Foundation Center on U.S. 501 on the University’s east campus, the new center will host interviews with veterans and accept donations of oral history, memoirs, documents and photographs – all of which will be cataloged and preserved as permanent collections of the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. “If you’re a veteran of the American armed forces, Coastal Carolina University is interested in your story, and has established a new on-campus center to help you record it and preserve it,” said Coastal Carolina University President David A. DeCenzo.
Families of deceased veterans may donate military memoirs, records and photographs that belonged to their relatives or ancestors, and collections will be established at the Library of Congress in the names of the deceased veterans. Interviews will be conducted at the Veterans Center office at Coastal Carolina University, and will be scheduled by appointment, beginning in January.
Veterans who wish to donate documents, photographs and memoirs, or be interviewed Veterans History Project, may contact the new CCU center at 843-234-3431.
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