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2025 Historian’s Guide
Add your memorial
Across the country and around the world, U.S. war, military and veterans memorials stand to honor those who served in uniform and the battles they fought to protect our nation’s freedoms. The American Legion is now establishing a database to identify the locations, document histories and share photographs of our nation’s monuments and memorials to those who have served.
To upload text or photos, simply click on “Add a Memorial” and follow the instructions.
Key points for each submission include:
- A photo or photos (required), easily taken with a smart phone (no persons shall be in the photos)
- Location of the memorial, mapped if possible
- Purpose of the memorial, such as who it honors and why, in just a sentence or two
- Date of the memorial’s installation and who originally installed it
- A brief assessment of its condition today
Communications – Level 1
Simplicity is the goal. Use just a social media app (like Facebook), post photos and add descriptive text. Here’s a sample screen shot from a post’s Facebook® site.
Facebook offers many positives, but also has some negatives.
- Easiest to learn and use. Easy to add new entries.
- Low-cost method.
- Labor-intensive if a yearbook is desired due to double handling of pictures and text.
- No indexes, searches are hard.
- Ads compete with your site.
- Medium time commitment
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Replace eMail with Mail Chimp
MailChimp provides more flexibility than email. Plus it helps when you’re ready to add to your yearbook.