Please indicate any skills you may have with video, writing, interviewing, indexing or transcribing on the Volunteer Application. Alexandria Freedmen Project Alexandria Archaeology and the Alexandria Black History Resource Center are discovering the untold history of slaves who fled to Alexandria during the Civil War. Researchers are needed to track down and transcribe historic documents and locate living relatives of escaped slaves and black soldiers . Experience is not necessary, unless indicated. Volunteers dig with trowels and a variety of larger and smaller tools, screen soil to recover artifacts, keep detailed records, draw maps, and take photographs.
Excavation is great fun, but it requires attention to detail and hard physical work.
Volunteers may work in very hot or cold weather, or even in light rain. Excavation may take place periodically throughout the year, but most of the digging takes place on Saturdays between May and September. Read News from the Shuter's Hill Site for an overview of the current dig. Excavation is the most popular volunteer activity, and may not always be available for new volunteers. A field orientation is held on site for new volunteers once a year.