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GIS中心学生创作小册子和故事地图来保护非裔美国士兵 stories

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故事地图引导游客通过公墓埋葬的退伍军人的故事..

(Posted on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021)

Josh Gramlick
Gramlick at the GIS Center.

今年早些时候,Austin Peay州立大学和GIS中心的学生Josh Gramlick 与当地的历史保护协会合作,帮助讲述克拉克斯维尔的故事 African American soldiers.

The geography senior spent the summer working with the Mount Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society to create a brochure and a digital story map to share the stories.

“我们会在这个地方走几次,收集这些坟墓的GPS数据点 you can barely see some of them,” Gramlick said. “We went out to each of the sites, and we got the exact location of all the sites. The sites you see on the maps are accurate and associated with each veteran.”

故事地图不仅列出了墓地的详细历史 在国家史迹名录上,还有每个士兵的故事 buried there. Those stories include soldiers who served during the Civil War, in the Western United States after the Civil War and during World War II.

格拉姆里克还得到了来自亚利桑那州立大学计算机科学系的GIS学生贾文·迪克森的帮助 大四,辅修平面设计,完成宣传册的最终设计.

“知道我要带着克拉克斯维尔的一大部分去工作,我真的很感动 to bring it back to life,” he said. “It was a major deal for me bringing any type of skill towards that project. It was a big influence for me, and hopefully, it will influence others to make a change in Clarksville.”

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大四学生贾文·迪克森(Javon Dixon)为橄榄山公墓历史保护组织润色了小册子 Society.

‘A journey to discover the history’

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Corp. Chesterfield Dabney served with the 16th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Co. F during the Civil War.

GIS Center 导演迈克·威尔逊称赞格拉姆利克和迪克森的作品,不仅是一个例子 该中心对社区的重要性,也是橄榄山的一个例子 墓地历史保护协会对社区的重要性.

“承认他们正在做的伟大工作真的很重要,”他说.

橄榄山公墓历史保护协会努力帮助现在和 后代发现并庆祝克拉克斯维尔的非裔美国人历史. The people buried at the cemetery represent not only U.S. military veterans, but also 代表当地教堂、学校和其他历史组织的故事.

这座墓地建于1817年,是克拉克斯维尔最大的非裔美国人私人墓地 cemetery with about 1,350 graves. About 241 civilians and 32 veterans – including 30 U.S. 有色人种士兵,一名水牛士兵和一名二战士兵-已经确定.

“社会成员,我们只有少数人,我们正在探索的旅程中 这个墓地的历史,”保护工作的教育主管迈克·塔利恩托说 society. “任何时候我们都可以扩大这个圈子,吸引有激情的人加入 并且有兴趣保护历史,为社区创造机会, 县,州和国家享受和理解我们的历史,这是一部分 of the mission.”

A partnership to preserve, share history

Javon Dixon
Dixon

保护协会与地理信息系统中心的合作通过开发 教育简报、论文、导游和自助游以及讲座分享 the cemetery’s history.

“我联系了迈克·威尔逊,希望有机会开发一个退伍军人定位器 游客可以使用地图自行进入墓地,允许 他们穿过墓地和埋葬在那里的退伍军人的墓碑,” Taliento said. “They developed a digital version of it, which is quite amazing, and 我们把它和我们的传记图书馆联系在一起,所以当游客参观墓地时,他们 有没有机会调出埋葬在那里的士兵的传记 learn all about him.”

Taliento赞扬了Gramlick的工作以及该协会与Austin的其他合作关系 Peay employees and students.

“他确实做了很多繁重的工作,而且他对此非常有激情。” he said. “我们拥抱每一个吸引学生和大学教授的机会 in, anybody who wants to contribute to preserving our history.

“像地理信息系统中心创建的地图这样的工具激励人们继续前进 that preservation,” Taliento added. “I think we all, as citizens, have a patriotic 尽我们所能保护和分享我们的历史的公民责任,已经过去了 it on to the generations that come ahead of us.”

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In late October, two chapters of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. helped in a weekend clean-up at the cemetery.

How Austin Peay employees, students continue to help

奥斯汀皮尔大学的几个部门和组织帮助了橄榄山公墓 Historical Preservation Society over the years, Taliento said.

“From ground-penetrating radar support to clean-ups with us,” he said. “There’s been 对历史系的兴趣,它支持了我们的教育投入.”

In late October, two chapters of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. (the Hopkinsville/Fort 坎贝尔校友分会(Campbell Alumni Chapter)和奥斯汀·皮伊的Theta Beta分会(Austin Peay’s Theta Beta Chapter)在一个周末提供了帮助 clean-up at the cemetery.

And from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, Austin Peay students, faculty and staff will participate in an educational tour and clean-up at the cemetery. 这项工作是由奥斯汀·皮伊拉丁裔社区资源中心合作赞助的 with Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, the Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center and the Military Student Center.

Also, Austin Peay Health and Human Performance professor Dr. Tyler Nolting is a society member.

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