History of VA in 100 Objects
On December 11, 2020, the U.S. government authorized the emergency use of the first COVID-19 vaccine.
Exhibits
VA History Exhibit - The COVID-19 Pandemic changed the course of life for the American public and the Nation’s medical system, including VA medical centers across the country. Many innovations were created by VA staff during the pandemic, some of which are still in use today. The VA History Office launched a broad collection effort to ensure that these items were preserved to catalog the significant impact had on Veteran healthcare.
Curator Corner
As the reality of a global pandemic set in, historians, archivists, and museum professionals recognized the need to collect artifacts telling the story of VA's efforts to care for Veterans against COVID-19. Part of that collection fell to the newly established VA History Office which led to its first agency-wide historical preservation effort.
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