China has recently named the first batch of Anti-Japanese War memorial sites

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0903/c98649-8777950.html China has recently named the first batch of Anti-Japanese War memorial sites in memory of the victory of Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War and the world’s anti fascism war, according to the central government’s website. The 80 sites include The Memorial Hall for Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing. Nanjing anti-Japanese aviation […]

Personal Stories, Storage Media, and Veterans History: An Interview with Andrew Cassidy-Amstutz

Personal Stories, Storage Media, and Veterans History: An Interview with Andrew Cassidy-Amstutz blogs.loc.gov March 6, 2014 by Trevor Owens The following is a guest post by Jefferson Bailey, Strategic Initiatives Manager at Metropolitan New York Library Council and co-chair of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group. In the latest installment of the Insights […]

UPDATE:IB Monument in Madrid

SpainDear Friends, As you know, last week the supreme court of Madrid (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid) ordered that the monument honoring the International Brigades at the Complutense University be removed due to the lack of planning permission.  This is a travesty in light of the fact that the city has consistently ignored the university’s […]