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Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
Volunteer
 
Volunteers at Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center.

Volunteers at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center.

 

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. The Volunteers in Parks (VIPs) program allows people of all walks of life to lend a hand in helping park staff insure that visitors have a quality experience at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. VIPs assist with:

  • Staffing information desk
  • Landscape restoration by removal of invasive plants
  • Maintaining trails
  • Cleaning historic monuments and plaques
  • Litter pick-up
  • Painting historic plaques
  • Living history and interpretive programs
  • General maintenance assistance.

For more information about current opportunities or special group projects contact the park’s volunteer coordinator. To apply for current volunteer openings click on volunteer opportunities below or call the park's volunteer coordinator at 423-752-5213 ext. 137.

 

 

Current Volunteer Opportunities

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To view more NPS volunteer opportunities, go to www.nps.gov/volunteer or www.volunteer.gov/gov
Volunteers at 2009 Recognition Event
Volunteers at the 2009 Volunteer Recognition Event.
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Union monuments on Snodgrass Hill  

Did You Know?
James Garfield served as Major General William S. Rosecrans' Chief of Staff at Chickamauga. Four months after becoming President, Garfield was shot in the back by a disgruntled office seeker. Garfield died two months later on September 19, 1881, the anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.

Last Updated: September 16, 2009 at 16:01 EST