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The National Archives is collaborating with the National Park Service on a special project to tag and transcribe 80,000+ pension records of American Revolution soldiers and their families—handwritten stories of their service and their lives.
Join today and become a Citizen Archivist!
“It’s a tradition with us, mister!” - Volunteer for the #RevWarVets mission today.
Under the alias Robert Shurtliff, Deborah Gannett served valiantly for over two years. She braved the battlefield at Tarrytown, was wounded, and stood witness to Cornwallis’s surrender. Remarkably, she is believed to be the only woman to receive a pension for her own service in the Revolution.
This story is just one of many waiting to be discovered and shared through the #RevWarVets Transcription Project in partnership with the National Park Service.
Your participation can make a huge difference. By joining our transcription project, you help bring these vital stories of our first veterans to light, ensuring they are remembered and honored.
Get started today!
Project Page:
https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/revolutionary-war-pension-files
Deborah’s Catalog entry:
“I was in Monmouth battle and many others and received a wound in my face from a ball, the scar of which is still visible.” – Robert Green, veteran
Robert Green gave this testimony at the age of 65 when applying for a federal pension for his service. Green’s story embodies the courage and resilience of African American patriots during the Revolutionary War. Wounded at the Battle of Monmouth, Green’s journey is a testament to the sacrifices made for the liberties we cherish today.
We invite you to be a part of a monumental effort to bring these stories to light. By joining our Revolutionary War Veterans Transcription Project, you’re not just transcribing documents; you’re helping to preserve and honor the legacy of African American soldiers.
You can ensure their stories, their sacrifice, and their dreams are not forgotten. Dive into history, transcribe with us, and help make the legacy of heroes like Robert Green accessible for generations to come.
Visit https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/revolutionary-war-pension-files for details!
Help make history more accessible! We’re looking for people to help us tag and transcribe documents and photographs in our online Catalog.
It’s easy to get started, and you can work on all kinds of documents!
The National Archives Citizen Archivist Road Trip arrives in Philadelphia today!
Join us virtually and help transcribe and tag records from the holdings of the National Archives at Philadelphia!
Citizen Archivists are virtual volunteers who tag and transcribe records in the National Archives catalog. The work of Citizen Archivists helps the National Archives catalog to become an even more useful resource for the public, as it helps to make our digitized records easier to discover.
Not a Citizen Archivist? Not to worry, anyone can contribute to the National Archives Catalog as a Citizen Archivist by creating a free user account.
Get started here: https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/registerandgetstarted.
Exciting news this morning! William Howard Taft was so inspired by his visit to the National Archives that he decided to become an archivist, abandoning his career as a baseball mascot for the Washington Nationals.
“Running the bases just can’t compare to the excitement of opening a Hollinger box,” he said. “It’s an amazing opportunity that I can’t pass up.”
The former President and Supreme Court justice will be working in the Research Room at the National Archives Building where the ceilings are high enough to accommodate his oversized head.
We want you to join the National Archives in Kansas City as a Citizen Archivist!
Learn more and participate in an archival project on December 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We’ll be hosting our first-ever Citizen Archivist event!
This half-day event will include an exhibit tour and time in the research room to work on projects. The focus of the projects will be scanning and digitization, with additional opportunities to participate include genealogy research, image editing, and data entry.
Our next Citizen Archivist event in Texas is right around the corner! From November 13-15, our Citizen Archivists will get elbow deep into World War I records. Come enjoy the archival process of discovery! If you are interested, please email us at ftworth.education@nara.gov. Seating is very limited.
Our business may be the past, but here at the Archives, we use today’s social media tools to bring history to you. Join us for Social Media Week DC with some exciting events. All events will take place in the William G. McGowan Theater in Archives I in Washington, DC.
Thursday, February 16
Want to explore exciting new documents and help make them more accessible to the public? Come learn about the Citizen Archivist Dashboard. Meredith Stewart from the Open Government Division will conduct a demonstration of the Citizen Archivist Dashboard from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The demo will be followed by an exciting hands-on workshop by Stewart and Social Media Manager Jill James called “Let’s Get Tagging!” from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
These events are BYOD—Bring Your Own Device. Please bring your own laptop or tablet! If you can’t make it but still want to see what’s happening, follow the conversation on Twitter (use the hashtag #SMWarchives).
Friday, February 17
Participate in the “Social Media, Government, and 21st Century eDemocracy” panel at 1 p.m. Our very own Archivist of the United States David Ferriero will welcome the panel to the Archives. It will be moderated by Alex Howard of O’Reilly Radar and focuses on meaningful use of social media by Congress and the Government.
If you’re interested in registering for any these free events, check out the schedule online, or drop in to join us at the National Archives. For those around the country, the Citizen Archivist Dashboard Demo and the Social Media panel will be recorded and posted on NARA’s YouTube channel in the coming weeks.
Announcing the National Archives Transcription Pilot Project!
You can help the National Archives make historical documents more accessible by contributing to transcriptions!
Transcriptions help in searching for the document as well as in reading and understanding the document. The work you do transcribing a handwritten or typed document will help the next person discover and use that record.
Available documents include letters to a civil war spy, presidential records, suffrage petitions, and fugitive slave case files, and today’s featured document - the Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels. 
Have you always wanted to be an archivist or a historian? Join the ranks of our citizen archivists and get involved over at the National Archives Transcription Pilot Project!
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