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- Description:
- George Bush credits the success of Desert Storm with the rebirth of national respect for Vietnam veterans while speaking at his Veterans' Day address at Arlington National Cemetery.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump talks about some of his proposed changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump asserts that it is time to heal the wounds that divide the country and calls for unity, saying that skin color does not define us as Americans. Following his remarks, Trump signs a bill that he says will modernize and speed up the veterans' appeal process. Held at the National Convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nevada.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-08-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- First Lady Michelle Obama kicks off a ceremony to sign the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. She jokes about the President then describes the positive aspects of the bill and the commitments she and Jill Biden have secured from thousands of businesses to hire veterans. President Obama also talks about the tax credits companies will receive when they hire veterans, the numbers of vets looking for work, and the additional initiatives he has taken by executive order to help unemployed veterans connect with employers. He greets those in attendance on the stage then signs the bill.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait in the Veterans Memorial Building. Text on photo reads, "Charter Members of Ladies Auxiliary to Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- An oral history from Walter Graff, longtime Eastern High School coach, member of the Knights Templar, the Lansing parks board, and an inductee in the Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame. He was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Iron Mountain, and was also a veteran of World War I. Walter Graff was interviewed by James Walkinshaw and Graff's son-in-law Duane Vernon at the Burcham Hills retirement center on November 8, 1988. A transcript for this recording has not been completed.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- Presentation of Rehabilitation Equipment. Battle Creek. Left to right: Jack Gunther (Lansing Council of Veterans Trustee), Cornelius T. Pettit (Junior Vice Commander with Lansing Council of Veterans), Raymond Kreick (Coordinator with Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Service).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- An oral history from Ralph Crego, a former mayor of Lansing. The interview was recorded on July 18, 1988, as part of the "Voices of Lansing" oral history project. Ralph Crego was interviewed by Joanne Jager of the Lansing Public Library. Rights release forms for this interview were never completed. A previous interview, also with no release form, was made on June 20, 1988 (see 1991-05-001.004). For this interview, a transcript is on file. The oral history recordings and transcript may be accessed within the library only at this time.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- On the back of the photograph: J. W. Willis - Buffalo, NY S. E. Grant - Levering, Mich. L. H. Ives - Mason, Mich. W. K. Cole - Nashville, Mich. Alex Fletcher - Hart, Mich. N. Church - Ithaca, Mich. Andrew MacKeen - Howell, Mich. W. J. Pendell - Lansing, Mich. - 232 Hayford St. Compliments of L. A. Saunders - 312 Rumsey Ave. - Lansing, Mich. June 1924
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The South Lansing News and Michigan Veteran Review. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1946 TO 1947]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- An oral history from Maxwell E. Murninghan, a former City Council member and Mayor of Lansing who had involvements with the printing industry and real estate. Mr. Murninghan was interviewed by Joanne Jager at the Lansing Public Library on November 5, 1990. A transcript for this recording has not been completed.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
