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Volunteer Services ~ Outreach Activities ~
Preservation
On behalf of MRSPT, Executive
Director Patricia Tyson has volunteered her services on a part-time weekly
basis for the past several years. After completing three years with the
Good Samaritan Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by
former Washington Redskins players, which mentors inner-city youth, Ms.
Tyson has begun assisting the archivist at the Charles Sumner School
Museum and Archives.
Several MRSPT members, who also volunteer as
Civil War female re-enactors with the Female Re-Enactors of Distinction
(FREED) of the African American Civil War Museum, participated
in its Martin Luther King Birthday Programs and Founder’s Week observances
for 2006 and 2007. Ms. Patricia Tyson was awarded the Drummer Jackson 2006
Preservationist of the Year Award at last year’s Founder’s Day Celebration
on May 23 at the Museum. Over the past year, MRSPT re-enactors
also participated in the following events with other FREED re-enactors:
Dupont Kalorama Museums Consortium (DKMC) "Walk Weekend" 06/03/06 (Bethune
Council House - Washington, D.C.) NAACP
National Convention June 2006 (Washington
Convention Center – Washington, D.C.) Remembrance
Day Parade 11/18/06 (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) “A Moment In
History” 02/26/07 (Ford’s Theatre - Washington,
D.C.) Living
History Demonstration 03/23/07 (Wakefield Middle School -
Raleigh, N.C.) Civil War
Presentations 05/25/07 (Kettering Middle School - Raleigh,
N.C.) Buffalo Thunder
Memorial Ceremony 05/27/07 (African American Civil War Memorial) June Faire
Celebration 06/16/07 (Fredericksburg, VA.)
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Sharing the History and Legacy of the Military Road
School
Throughout the past year, several MRSPT
members, who are also alumni of the Military Road School, have been invited
to present the school’s history and share their personal experiences with
members, guests and local audiences, including:
Literacy Conference
(Washington Convention Center – D.C.) 06/16/06
Washington Host Lion’s Club
(Embassy Row Hilton – D.C.) 06/31/06
Colonial Dames XVII Century (N.H.
Ave. Headquarters - D.C.) 11/16/06
WPFW (local am radio
station – D.C.) 02/20/07
Daughters
of Union Veterans of the Civil War
06/02/07
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