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Oral histories of Holyoke veterans sought

Veterans of the Vietnam War place wreaths at "The Wall" during a Veterans Day event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall Monday.
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Veterans of the Vietnam War place wreaths at "The Wall" during a Veterans Day event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall Monday.

Wistariahurst and Holyoke Veterans' Services collaborate on project

A new project is looking to gather the oral histories of military veterans with connections to Holyoke, Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board awarded $15,000 to the Wistariahurst Museum and the Holyoke Veterans’ Services.

The organizations are now looking for veterans willing to share their military story through an oral history interview.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Penni Martorell, Curator and City Historian at Wistariahurst.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.