The LAUSD hosted a History Day at the Azusa Pacific College campus until the COVID epidemic (and the State of California) shut everything down. The event attracted a broad range of historic re-enactors that included Civil War groups, Buffalo soldiers, Mormon pioneers,blacksmiths, and Colonial groups. The Colonial groups were coordinated by Roger Cooper and consisted of the Riverside and Redlands SAR Chapters, the Zanja Fife and Drum, the George Washington Cotillion Dance Group, and Cap Cresap with his cannons. Each group was compensated on a per-capita basis.

Students began the day with indoor competitions that included essays, artwork, and other scholarly works to learn and promote the events of history. Then they mingled among the historical groups to witness living history, handle artifacts, and participate in historical activities. The SAR conducted a lesson for students to use a pen and quill to write their name on parchment paper as Army enlistees to receive a bounty payment of $20 in colonial script. The Cotillion Dance Group taught English Country Dancing. The combined chapters formed a firing team to demonstrate musket loading and firing. Cap Cresap fired his cannon, setting off car alarms in the vicinity. Historic artifacts and founding documents were on display in the tents.

Pictured above is the late former Riverside Chapter President Charlie Gentis. Roger Cooper portrayed the Commander-In-Chief George Washington in this 2010 video. Dennis Whieldon led the Cotillion Dance Group. These events produced memories for students that would last a lifetime. The event no longer exists.