Wake County Public Library

This presentation highlights stories of North Carolinian women’s service, leadership, and sacrifice—from support roles on the Homefront to frontline contributions including accounts from the Revolutionary War to present day.

Wake County Historical Society

This presentation highlights the experiences of Wake County veterans and covers significant military events in North Carolina history.

Honoring Heroes: Preserving Veterans’ Stories, an article in the Spring 2026 edition of the Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine discusses the importance of, as well as tips for preserving military history.

State Archives of North Carolina

This presentation was a part of the Friends of the Archives fall 2025 meeting. The theme, "For the Brave: Armed Forces Records at the State Archives of North Carolina", explores North Carolina's military history and military collections housed in the archives, and Ashley Latta Post gave a presentation diving into the military history and records of the archives.

East Carolina University

This presentation highlights the correspondence of World War II servicemembers to their loved ones in North Carolina, using examples and stories from the State Archives of North Carolina’s collections.

This blog post gives a brief history of the Montford Point Marines, including archival collections and veterans’ oral history interviews of those who served at the sub-camp of Camp Lejeune.

This blog post features Post’s experience baking a recipe from the State Archives’ collection. In it, she discusses the recipe itself but also the historical context in which it was created.

May 25, 2025

This Spectrum News report features Ashley Latta Post where she discussed the youngest Vietnam War casualty (Dan Bullock), and the impact of the conflict 50 years later.

Wake County Genealogical Society

In this presentation, Ashley Latta Post covers key strategies for navigating the military collection at the State Archives of North Carolina, which includes documents, photographs, letters, maps, diaries and more.

This panel discussion features Nash County resident Chris Larsen, who survived a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines during his early childhood, along with Ashley Latta, Military Collection Archivist, and Charlie Knight, Museum of History Military Curator, who provide an overview of the war in the Pacific Theater, including documents, photographs, and artifact collections.

This blog post dives into the various duties of a marine during World War I, through the lens of a poster from the State Archives of North Carolina’s military collection.

In this blog post, Post covers the ways in which women contributed to the armed forces during World War II. Using collections from the State Archives of North Carolina, this post features the stories of NC women veterans.