How many have you interviewed?

Have you kept track of the number of family or veterans histories you have recorded?

Whether you have or not, you should read this story in the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press about a local historian who has compiled 249 interviews with veterans.

Carol Fowler of Middletown, N.J., was one of 14 oral historians honored last month by the Library of Congress for their work with the Veterans History Project.

"I have just great memories of all of them," she said. "I've (become) good friends with some of them. They're a part of me."

Fowler said the experience has given her hope.

"It's made me walk around every day with a smile on my face," she said. "It's just uplifted me. I feel so enriched by their friendship and the sharing they have done, the personal sharing of their sacrifice."

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