a toast to history
Before I head out to my sister's all-girl and tequila birthday extravaganza lunch, to which I will bring my camera, I must tell you all my exciting news (well, it's exciting to me).
I just got an email from the Library of Congress:
Re: Command Post: The Library has selected your site for inclusion in the historic collection of the 2003 War on Iraq Internet materials. The Library requests your permission to collect your website. Our plan is to engage the Internet Archive, on behalf of the Library of Congress, to collect content from your website at regular intervals during the War. The Library will make this collection available to researchers onsite at Library facilities. The Library also wishes to make the collection available to offsite researchers by hosting the collection on the Library's public access website. The Library hopes that you share its vision of preserving Web materials about the War and permitting researchers from across the world to access them.
Of course we do.
One of the many toasts I will make at lunch today will be for the contributors and readers of Command Post.
I will also make one for the people of Iraq and another for the soldiers in Iraq.
Oh yes, and to my sister on her birthday, which is why we are drinking in the first place.
Comments
Welcome to the club. I look forward to knocking back some shots with you at the reception.
Posted by: John Little | April 9, 2003 12:39 PM
Well THAT is hella cool! Congratulations! And happy birthday to your sister!
Posted by: Laura | April 9, 2003 12:39 PM
Holy cow! Rock on! Congratulations :)
Posted by: Tyler | April 9, 2003 12:46 PM
Congratu-freakin-lations, Your Imperial Empressness!
Posted by: dave | April 9, 2003 12:48 PM
OH MY GOD Michele!! That's so great!!!! Congrats to all of you, You guys rock, and you're WAY better than CNN!
Posted by: Tracy | April 9, 2003 12:54 PM
Wow! You're going down in history!
Congratulations!
Posted by: dayment | April 9, 2003 01:00 PM
I see it pays to be all bloodthirsty then you A1 Warhawk, you.
Posted by: D | April 9, 2003 01:08 PM
That is amazing! And so worthy...thanks. It has been MY main link to what's happening throughout this whole conflict and I am better informed than anyone I know because if it. And me without television, heh! Here, here!
Posted by: SondraK | April 9, 2003 01:08 PM
Congratulations! How exciting!
Posted by: Rita | April 9, 2003 01:11 PM
Congratulations! What a great honour.
Posted by: Jane | April 9, 2003 01:13 PM
Congrats......years from now people will able to look at all the hard work all of you have done. While they will be able to read about it, future generations will not be able to feel the joy and jubilation that many are celebrating today.
It reminds me of pictures of at the end of WWII, I can see the people celebrating, now I know a little bit how they feel.
This site was a big part of that.......
Posted by: Jeff | April 9, 2003 01:15 PM
Hope nobody said anything in the comments that could be held against them in a future presidential election! :)
Posted by: Barry | April 9, 2003 01:24 PM
Could I be any more jealous?
That was my Chandler Bing impression, if you hadn't noticed.
Posted by: zombyboy | April 9, 2003 01:27 PM
Congratulations... That's great. I also agree with SondraK. I have been more well-informed as to the happenings in the war, in part due to your efforts.
Posted by: DeeGee | April 9, 2003 01:28 PM
Wow! Excellent work, and congrats, Michele!
Posted by: Jen | April 9, 2003 01:31 PM
Wow, History being made all over today. Congrats to everyone at Command Post, and especially to you, Michele. It was your call. :)
Posted by: datarat | April 9, 2003 01:41 PM
A tip of the hat in your direction!
Posted by: yak | April 9, 2003 01:46 PM
That's quite an honor, and well-deserved on the part of everyone involved.
You have every right to beam and be proud of that.
I wish I could travel to the LOC and spend a month there, just absorbing history. If I ever get to go, the archives of the Command Post will be one of the first things I look up.
See, everyone keeps saying you rock for a reason.
Posted by: Kevin Parrott | April 9, 2003 01:54 PM
I'm more than impressed. All your contributors, everyone involved, have made the war much more understandable and accessible. YOU ROCK! I'm just so in awe - I'll have a tequila shot this weekend in YOUR honor!! And, HBD to your sister. Do the smarts run in the family?
Posted by: Casey | April 9, 2003 01:56 PM
Hell, I'm surprised that the Library of Congress is aware enough to recognize the brilliance of The Command Post.
Usually government entities aren't that perceptive.
Or that swift.
Congratulations. Out-effing-standing.
Posted by: Kevin Baker | April 9, 2003 01:58 PM
Wonderful, Michele. Well-deserved success. A hearty yeeeehaaaaa from redneck country.
Posted by: Larry | April 9, 2003 02:07 PM
What an honor! You should be so proud, and rightfully so!
Posted by: BeerMary | April 9, 2003 02:09 PM
Holy Contributing to the Eradication of Ignorance Batman!
Congratulations Michele!
Posted by: Greg Soon | April 9, 2003 02:25 PM
And to think we knew you when. That is Cool beyond words.
Posted by: Loyal Citizen & Imperial Rat-Keeper Victor | April 9, 2003 02:25 PM
Wow!
Truly, this is a worthy recognition of your work. Congratulations!!
Posted by: Justin DuCote` | April 9, 2003 02:27 PM
As someone who was once a frequent patron of the LOC, I think it's fair to say you'll be raising the average quality of their collection. Congrats: now you're immortal!
Posted by: David Jaroslav | April 9, 2003 02:41 PM
WOW! That's so cool!
Posted by: Kate | April 9, 2003 03:06 PM
Good job Michele...You deserve it.
Posted by: Brent | April 9, 2003 03:16 PM
Way cool... I was hoping to get a pop-up book, but a partial credit on a weblog will do. ;)
Congrats.
Posted by: Laurence (Amish Tech Support) | April 9, 2003 03:29 PM
Hooray! A much deserved honor to you, Michele! I've been reading Command Post almost from the first. It is my first and last visit on the Net each day (and sometimes into the night!) Keep up the good work!
Posted by: A Blog Fan | April 9, 2003 03:41 PM
Congratulations! That's awesome.
Posted by: Sunidesus | April 9, 2003 03:44 PM
Hey! Congratulations!!! Very well deserved too! Toast yourself a couple times from me! !
Posted by: carol | April 9, 2003 04:02 PM
I actually SQUEALED with delight when I read this. Congratulations! :)
Posted by: skits | April 9, 2003 04:04 PM
wow, that is too cool! I had no idea the library of congress even collected websites. does this mean your famous now? and if so, can i makeout with you or at least get an autograph? :)
Posted by: theresa | April 9, 2003 04:09 PM
Congrats! Well deserved I will toast you with not 1, not 2, not even 3 gin and tonics, but 4!!!! (Actually, I probably would drink this much normally, but it's always nice to have a reason so's I don't look like a problem drinker).
Posted by: JohnO | April 9, 2003 04:15 PM
That is great!
(and I hope the tequila was mighty fine!)
Posted by: Ith | April 9, 2003 04:23 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Robert Crawford | April 9, 2003 04:28 PM
Kudo's to you and all the contributors at Command Post, Michele! Just think....you're all kinda immortal now!
Wow.
Posted by: Suze | April 9, 2003 04:42 PM
Awesome! That is soooo cool! And so appropriate. You were so busy doing the right thing, watching and logging, you didn't realize you were becoming part of history in the process.
Posted by: Jay Solo | April 9, 2003 04:44 PM
A Big Victory?
Congratulations... you guys have been the best!
Posted by: JH | April 9, 2003 05:12 PM
Hey, didn't you know it's illegal to bring a camera to a tequila party? But I still want to see the pictures.
Posted by: Veeshir | April 9, 2003 05:56 PM
Major league, lady, you are way major league! Congrats amundo!
Posted by: hikikomorii | April 9, 2003 06:23 PM
1. Shit yes! That is some recognition! Imagine, all those writings preserved for years to come. 20 years from now, schoolchildren will be looking that stuff up for research papers. Command Post forever!
2. Drink some tequila for me. I can't stand the stuff. Happy Birthday to your sister. Get some hot pictures for your site. I'll drink a PBR in her honor tonight. Or two, or three... or more.
Posted by: Pat | April 9, 2003 09:47 PM
Outstanding.
As someone else said, I learned more about the war fron C-P than from anywhere elsE.
Thanks again, and congratulations.
Posted by: jl | April 9, 2003 10:05 PM
Cool.
But we still didn't get a hat tip from The Guardian. Workin on it thoiugh...
Posted by: Wind Rider | April 9, 2003 10:26 PM
One more voice in the crowd: congratulations!
Posted by: A. | April 9, 2003 10:28 PM
Cool! Congratulations!
Posted by: Odie | April 9, 2003 11:30 PM
Congratulations! That's certainly something to be proud of. Any idea what company you're going to be among?
Posted by: wheels | April 10, 2003 12:02 AM
Tim Blair's blog gets archived as well by a similar department in Australia. Congrats !
Posted by: Ken | April 10, 2003 03:18 AM
Congrats! And Happy Birthday to your sister.
Posted by: bogie | April 10, 2003 07:16 AM
congratulations :-)
Posted by: karen | April 10, 2003 08:01 PM