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    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

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Service Projects

Boy scouts constructing a primitive shelter

Atlanta area scouts repair a replica prisoner shelter.

NPS/Chris Barr

Service plays a large role in Scouting's advancement as well as personal growth and development. There are many opportunities in Andersonville National Historic Site to do service projects and get involved in the park.

If you are in need of service hours or an Eagle Scout project, park staff can work with you to find the right projects. Please contact the park at 229 924-0343 for more information.

Shelter Building
For a hands-on service learning project, the park uses scout groups to assist in the maintenence and construction of the replica prisoner shelters in the reconstructed northeast corner of the prison. Please contact us at least a month in advance so we can plan ahead for your visit!

Memorial Day Weekend Flag Placement and Pickup
Scout groups are instrumental to the success of the Memorial Day event each year posting flags at grave sites in the National Cemetery. Flag placement occurs on Saturday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, and flag pickup occurs on the Tuesday after the holiday. Advanced registration is required.
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Scouts and leaders placing flags in the National Cemetery
Scouts and leaders placing flags in the National Cemetery.
NPS/Eric Leonard

Did You Know?

Grave 3538

Buried in grave 3585 is Corporal James Gooding, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, who died at Andersonville on July 19, 1864. A sailor before the war and highly educated, his letters describing his experience as a soldier were published in a Massachusetts newspaper and he wrote to Abraham Lincoln requesting equal pay for black soldiers. More...