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Legacy & History
Legacy & History volunteers are people who want the story of 1/9 to last.
Is this you?
You don't need all of this. If a few of these sound like you, we'd like to hear from you.
General attributes
- Careful and detail-minded
- Committed to getting the facts right
- Organized and good at follow-through
- A respectful listener
- Curious about history and the people behind it
- Thinks long term about what future generations will need
Specific skills
- Organizing photo, video, and document collections
- Preparing and conducting veteran interviews
- Writing and editing personal stories and historical pieces
- Researching and fact-checking
- Building timelines and documenting milestones
- Planning commemorations
Knowledge of
- 1/9 and Marine Corps history
- Oral history practices
- Archival and preservation practices
- Photo, document, and artifact care
- Working with museums, libraries, or schools
Tools and software
- Google Drive, Dropbox, or other shared file systems
- Digitizing and scanning equipment
- Basic tech literacy, like using email, shared documents, and video calls
Ways to help
Find where you fit
- Submit photographs, documents, letters, or artifacts
- Share your personal story
- Conduct oral-history interviews
- Scan and organize photographs
- Research historical records
- Write or edit stories
- Help with archival systems
- Connect us with museums, historians, libraries, or collections
- Take on a defined research or preservation project
Get started
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Questions? Contact Hugh Hopson, Membership Committee Chairman: hhopson@19walkingdead.org · 202-796-4946