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Collecting Military History During the 59th Presidential Inauguration

The 126th MHD, from Concord, Massachusetts, and the 315th MHD, from Annville, Pennsylvania, expanded their focus to document the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the National Guard’s response to that incident, and the 59th Presidential Inauguration, amid a global pandemic. These two teams have the daunting task of gathering artifacts, documents and interviews while 25,000 guardsmen from other states and territories are here supporting the inaugural event.

MHDs carry out directed collection of historical material during combat and contingency operations for later use in writing the official history. That collected history gives all of our service members and civilians insights into past events to help inform future operations. While history does not give a blueprint for solving future problems it enables our leaders to ask the right questions based on past experience to inform our response to current challenges.

“We are here to document the D.C. National Guard’s response to COVID-19 dating back to March 2020 to current date. We are also here to document other influences that are related to COVID-19 such as civil unrest,” said Maj. Eric Charette, team leader of the 126th MHD.

https://www.army.mil/article/242692/collecting_military_history_during_the_59th_presidential_inauguration