Meeting with Iowa veterans is a great honor and their stories are a piece of living history. Senator Grassley looks forward to greeting veterans in my Washington, D.C. office and meeting with them throughout Iowa each year.  We owe a great debt of gratitude to the men and women who have served our country preserving the way of life Americans enjoy today.

Spanning from the Revolutionary War to present day, more than 240,000 Iowa veterans have served our nation in the United States Military.  Grassley's father, was a veteran of World War I.  Two of Grassley's brothers served in the military, one during WWII and the other served in Germany during Vietnam.  The service and sacrifices of the veterans of this great nation have secured the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy today.

Tales of the heroic men and women who have served our country have been handed down from generation to generation, and are important to preserving our country's history for generations to come.  Senator Grassley encourages all Iowans to reach out to our veterans in an effort to listen and learn from their stories.

In 2000, The United States Congress created the Veterans History Project (VHP) as a part of the American Folklife Center at the Library Congress.  The mission of the VHP is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of American wartime veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.

Across the country, veterans are sharing their stories to be permanently archived at the United States Library of Congress and made publicly available through the Veterans History Project.  Please take a moment to visit the Veterans History Project website to see how you can get involved.