The Museum invites descendants of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) to publicly present their family member's ancestral information on the first Saturday of each month.

Please complete this registration form to schedule your presentation. We suggest you submit your form at least 30 days before your preferred presentation date. A staff member will send you a confirmation email if the date and time are available. Please inform the Museum about the format of your presentation (i.e., PowerPoint, poster, etc.). We require you to submit a copy of your presentation at least one week before your scheduled date and time if you will be using PowerPoint.

The Museum schedules presentations between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. EST on your designated presentation day.

Presentations are currently conducted via zoom. The Museum will provide the zoom link for the presentation. 

• Please speak loud and clear while presenting since the Museum will record the presentation. The confirmation email will include a release form for you to sign if you did not complete it during registration.
• Presentations should not be longer than 25 minutes. We will allow 10 minutes for questions after the presentation.

Presentations should include some of the following information:

• Soldier’s Name.
• Age.
• Place of Birth (if known).
• Rank.
• Regiment/Company (type of regiment, i.e., infantry, cavalry, artillery, etc.).
• Date of Enlistment.
• Date of Muster out of Service.
• Details of Service (what they did, if known).
• Information about the Soldier before the war (enslaved status, occupation, family).
• Information about the Soldier after the war (home, occupation, activities, family).
• Date of death (if known).
• Family (information about immediate family, how you are related to the Soldier).

If you are unable to present during one of our scheduled presentation dates, you may do the following options:

• Schedule another time to conduct a presentation.
• Conduct a private one-on-one interview.
• Submit a pre-filmed presentation to the Museum to add to our collection.

• Descendants may request a certificate of honor from the Museum by filling out our registration form.
• The Department of Veteran Affairs also has a Presidential Memorial Certificate application.