The only people that have volunteered more seasons at Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR) than Tom and me are Denise and Bob Verba. They are in their seventh season of volunteering at Fort Frederica and we are only in our fifth. The Verbas started here one year before we did and came last year, when …
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Goodbye to the Jennings
Last week I said goodbye to the Jennings. Steve and Susan have been interpretive volunteers here at Fort Frederica with us since the second week of January. They were last-minute replacements for another couple, but they came with enthusiastic and inquisitive spirits. We knew when they came that they would only be able to be …
Linda Usrey, Local Volunteer at Fort Frederica
Linda Usrey is another one of the volunteers that Tom and I work with here at Fort Frederica National Monument. Unlike the RV volunteers who come and go, Linda is a local. She volunteers two days a week for a couple of hours each day and for special events. Linda and her husband, Dave, moved …
Suzette and Blair Brumbaugh, RV Volunteers
Today I am highlighting Suzette and Blair Brumbaugh. Suzette and Blair have been working as maintenance volunteers at Fort Frederica National Monument since the beginning of December. They had intended to come down in November, but Blair had some health issues that delayed their arrival. Suzette and Blair Brumbaugh have a house in York, Pennsylvania. …
Susan and Steve Jennings, Fort Frederica Volunteers
As of January 10, we now how a full complement of RV volunteers at Fort Frederica National Monument. Susan and Steve Jennings were the last arrivals at Volunteer Village and they are a wonderful addition to the workforce here at Fort Frederica. More than any other place we have worked, Fort Frederica depends on the …
Living History Weekend at Fort Union Trading Post
Over Labor Day weekend, Fort Union Trading Post hosted a Living History Weekend. Rendezvous in June is the biggest event of the year but Living History Weekend is a close second. It seems an appropriate bookend to our time at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. We hurried to get out here in time …
Hartzog Award Winners for Outstanding Service
Every year the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation pick Hartzog Award Winners from the pool of people who volunteer at National Park sites. Finally, I can tell you that Tom and I were selected as Individual winners of the Hartzog Award for 2020. We learned we won the regional award at the …
Volunteer Organizations at Fort Union Trading Post
Most National Park sites think they are doing well if they have one volunteer organization working with them. Fort Union Trading Post must be doing something right because they have three volunteer organizations affiliated with the site. The first of the volunteer organizations is one that I’ve mentioned before: The Fort Union Muzzle Loaders Association. …
Visitors Center at Fort Union Trading Post
Tom and I are now fully in the swing of volunteering at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. We have been working for a month already and have learned a lot. One of the places I work frequently is the Visitors Center, so I thought I would describe that and what I do there. …
Amanda Watson, Volunteer Spinning Demonstrator
During Rendezvous, I had the privilege of meeting and working with Amanda Watson. Amanda was camping out as part of the Muzzle Loaders’ group, but she was also spinning and demonstrating during the Rendezvous. Amanda and her husband, Ben, moved to Williston seven years ago at the height of the oil boom. Ben drove oil …