Starting at the Salem History Museum I was assigned two areas of study, one of which is looking at various military troops and another looking at COVID in Salem.
My first area is looking at military troops that have originated out of Salem in different wars throughout history. There are many in the Civil War, and both World Wars. I am excited to look more into this as military history is an interest of mine.
My second area of study throughout this internship is creating a questionnaire or survey of some type about how COVID has impacted different areas of the Salem community. I have set up meetings with a couple different school principals, and local businesses and restaurant owners. I am still looking for more people to talk to and get different perspectives and stories. I am really excited about this because I get to be in control of creating questions, networking, and gathering my own information.
I appreciate the museum giving me the freedom to collect my own information, it will be a great experience and interesting to see what I can learn.