AmeriCorps alumni who marched in last week’s Inaugural parade are sharing memories, photos, and videos on a new blog, A Lifetime of Service.

“Walking past the presidential viewing booth mere feet from the Obamas?” writes one marcher, Emily Gilliland. “ I think I strained a muscle waving so hard. It’s not because I am confident that they can fix what ails the country, but I am excited because they see the potential in all of us to band together, like AmeriCorps, and get things done.”

About 150 members of AmeriCorps Alums, a group that unites former participants in the national-service program, participated in the Inaugural parade. See photos of that event—and other nonprofit activities surrounding the Inauguration—on the Chronicle‘s Flickr group.