On May 7, 2012 seven veterans of the Copperopolis VFW Post 12118 spoke with junior and senior students at Bret Harte
High School to share their experiences while fighting for
our country. VFW Post 12118 had representatives from WWII, Korea,
Vietnam and Iraq. A total of 22 veterans from Calaveras County and the surrounding areas attended this event, including a 92 year-old WWII veteran from Modesto.
The idea to bring "history alive for the students" was the reasoning behind this event. Realizing that to learn history on a first-person basis is the most remembered history, Bret Harte History teacher Jennifer Truman began the veteran oral history project in 1997. The presentation follows on the heels of the completion of World Studies through the Vietnam War in their course work, so that the students have a "simple idea of the conflicts in which the presenters were participants of."
The idea to bring "history alive for the students" was the reasoning behind this event. Realizing that to learn history on a first-person basis is the most remembered history, Bret Harte History teacher Jennifer Truman began the veteran oral history project in 1997. The presentation follows on the heels of the completion of World Studies through the Vietnam War in their course work, so that the students have a "simple idea of the conflicts in which the presenters were participants of."
