~ Obscurity Does Not Nullify Significance ~

- Bachelor of Arts in History; Minor in Public History.

- Camp Commander; Graves Registration Officer; Civil War Memorials Officer, Legion of the West Camp 7, Department of CO/WY, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

- Board Member At-Large, Mesa County Historical Society.

I am a public historian whose primary research interests include American military history; maritime history; Indigenous history; social history; local/regional history; microhistories; and cemetery preservation.

I am a member of:

• Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society.
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
• Descendants of Mexican War Veterans.
• Mesa County Historical Society.
• Sussex County Historical Society.
• Walpack Historical Society.
• Orchard Street Gatehouse Historical Association.
• Canal Society of New Jersey.
• Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
• Titanic Historical Society.

"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul." - Lord John Dalberg-Acton.

My Virtual Cemeteries consist of the following:

• 'S.S. Hewitt' Crew ~[Complete]~
• 10th U.S. Infantry [1847-48] Veterans *(Work-in-Progress)
• Charter Members, John A. Logan G.A.R. Post 21 ~[Complete]~
• Charter Members, John A. Logan G.A.R. Post 35 ~[Complete]~
• Charter Members, Phil Sheridan G.A.R. Post 18 ~[Complete]~
• Family: Civil War Veterans ~[Complete]~
• Family: World War I Veterans ~[Complete]~
• Final Crew of "Fightin' Bitin'" - B-17 #42-5426 *(Work-in-Progress)
• Members: McDavit Post 54, G.A.R., Dover, N.J. *(Work-in-Progress)
• Ongoing/Completed Graves Projects ~[Complete]~
• S.S. Kamloops Crew ~[Complete]~
• S.S. Naronic Crew and Passengers ~[Complete]~
• Teller Institute Students *(Work-in-Progress)
• Tombstones Carved By Samuel M. Dowden *(Work-in-Progress)
• Victims of Sinking of S.S. Lac La Belle *(Work-in-Progress)
• White River Indian Agency Employees *(Work-in-Progress)
• WWII Losses - Mesa County, Colo. *(Work-in-Progress)