Research On The Archives' Construction Of War Memory

War is one of the forms to solve disputes by violent means,which is always a major event in the process of social development.The memory associated with war is an important part of social memory.The loss of war memory may lead to the gap of history.However,the maintenance of war memory enables us to learn lessons from war,be grateful to the present life,and so on.As the prosperity of urban memory project,rural memory project,the construction of war memory also arouses people's attention gradually.The departments related to cultural relics and museums,libraries,news media,archives have carried out some activities about war memory's construction.Especially during the anniversary of the war,these departments become more active.In the process of war memory's construction,war archives play an irreplaceable role.The war archives are valuable records,which not only the important resources in the process of construction,but also the results of the war memory's construction.As one kind of the important war archives preservation institutions,the archives have a unique advantage in the process of constructing the war memory.At the same time,the archives will shoulder the unshirkable responsibility,face a number of opportunities,and meet a lot of challenges.During the process,the archives need to select the proper time and means,so that they can receive the good results.Britain is one of the main participants in the First World War,and the number of the archives related to the first world war held in The National Archives is in the front rank around the world.These war archives bear the official memory as well as the folk memory of Britain during the World War I.The National Archives attaches great importance to the archives about the Great War,and conducts the First World War memory's construction on the basis of war archives.The activities of The National Archives is a good practice around the archives society.This paper intends to analyze the relationship between the war archives and war memory,expound the importance of war memory's construction,and put forward the framework of the archives' construction about war memory.With the construction of The National Archives as an example,this paper specifically analyze its activities and results,summarize its characteristics,and provide a reference for our archives.