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'''Marc Leepson''' (born June 20, 1945 in [[Newark, New Jersey]]) is an American [[journalist]], [[historian]], and [[author]].
'''Marc Leepson''' (born June 20, 1945) is an American [[journalist]], [[historian]], and [[author]].


==Education==
==Education==
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Leepson was a staff writer at ''[[Congressional Quarterly]]'' in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1976 to 1986.<ref name="wetabio">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookstudio.com/authors/marc-leepson |title=The WETA Book Studio: Marc Leepson |publisher=[[WETA-TV]] |date=2009-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421235841/http://www.thebookstudio.com/authors/marc-leepson |archivedate=April 21, 2010 }}</ref> He has been a full-time [[Freelancer|freelance]] writer since 1986. He is Senior Writer, Arts Editor and columnist for ''[[The VVA Veteran]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vvaveteran.org/35-2/35-2_index.html|title=The VVA Veteran |work=vvaveteran.org}}</ref> the magazine published by [[Vietnam Veterans of America]], since 1986.
Leepson was a staff writer at ''[[Congressional Quarterly]]'' in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1976 to 1986.<ref name="wetabio">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookstudio.com/authors/marc-leepson |title=The WETA Book Studio: Marc Leepson |publisher=[[WETA-TV]] |date=2009-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421235841/http://www.thebookstudio.com/authors/marc-leepson |archivedate=April 21, 2010 }}</ref> He has been a full-time [[Freelancer|freelance]] writer since 1986. He is Senior Writer, Arts Editor and columnist for ''[[The VVA Veteran]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vvaveteran.org/35-2/35-2_index.html|title=The VVA Veteran |work=vvaveteran.org}}</ref> the magazine published by [[Vietnam Veterans of America]], since 1986.


His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', and ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'', ''[[National Trust for Historic Preservation|Preservation]]'', and ''[[Military History (magazine)|Military History]]'' magazines. He has been interviewed many times on radio and television, including on [[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]], ''[[CBS This Morning Saturday]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/new-book-reveals-dark-history-behind-the-star-spangled-banner/|title=New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner|publisher=}}</ref> [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], [[Fox News]],<ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiG--jJz8tI|title=New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner|date=13 September 2014|work=YouTube}}</ref> [[The History Channel]], [[The Discovery Channel]], [[PBS-TV]]'s ''[[History Detectives]]'', ''[[All Things Considered]]'', ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'', ''[[Studio 360]]'', [[NPR]]'s ''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]]'', ''To The Point'', ''[[Morning Edition]]'', ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]'', "[[Imus in the Morning]]'',"''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marc Leepson: "Ballad Of The Green Beret" - Imus Clips - Don Imus|url=http://www.imus.com/video/2017/6/29/marc-leepson-ballad-of-the-green-beret.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.imus.com|language=en}}</ref> the BBC ''[[Newshour]]'', [[Russian Channel 1]] TV (RTV), Irish Radio, and [[CBC (Canada)]].
His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', and ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'', ''[[National Trust for Historic Preservation|Preservation]]'', and ''[[Military History (magazine)|Military History]]'' magazines. He has been interviewed many times on radio and television, including on [[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]], ''[[CBS This Morning Saturday]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/new-book-reveals-dark-history-behind-the-star-spangled-banner/|title=New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner|website=[[CBS News]]|publisher=}}</ref> [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], [[Fox News]],<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiG--jJz8tI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/qiG--jJz8tI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner|date=13 September 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[The History Channel]], [[The Discovery Channel]], [[PBS-TV]]'s ''[[History Detectives]]'', ''[[All Things Considered]]'', ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'', ''[[Studio 360]]'', [[NPR]]'s ''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]]'', ''To The Point'', ''[[Morning Edition]]'', ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]'', "[[Imus in the Morning]]'',"''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marc Leepson: "Ballad of the Green Beret" - Imus Clips - Don Imus|url=http://www.imus.com/video/2017/6/29/marc-leepson-ballad-of-the-green-beret.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.imus.com|language=en}}</ref> the BBC ''[[Newshour]]'', [[Russian Channel 1]] TV (RTV), Irish Radio, and [[CBC (Canada)]].


He is a contributor to ''[[The Encyclopædia Britannica]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/bps/user-profile/9574413/marc-leepson|title=Marc Leepson|work=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> and has written entries for the ''[[Encyclopedia Americana]]'', the ''[[Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook]]'', the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History'', and the ''[[Dictionary of Virginia Biography]]''.
He is a contributor to ''[[The Encyclopædia Britannica]]'',<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/bps/user-profile/9574413/marc-leepson|title=Marc Leepson|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> and has written entries for the ''[[Encyclopedia Americana]]'', the ''[[Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook]]'', the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History'', and the ''[[Dictionary of Virginia Biography]]''.


Since the early 1990s, he has been active in many non-profit groups. That includes board memberships on the Middleburg (Virginia) Library Advisory Board (President and Vice President), the [[Loudoun County]] (Virginia) Library Board of Trustees, the [[Library of Virginia Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/involved/board.asp|title=The Library of Virginia Foundation|work=virginia.gov}}</ref> (Treasurer), the Virginia State Library Board, the [[Friends of Thomas Balch Library]], the [[YMCA]] of Loudoun County (Virginia), the Goose Creek Association (Secretary), and the [[Mosby Heritage Area Association]] (Secretary, Vice President, President).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mosbyheritagearea.org/meet-the-board/|title=Meet the Board|publisher=}}</ref> He taught U.S. history at [[Lord Fairfax Community College]] in [[Warrenton, Virginia]] from 2008-2015, and was Scholar in Residence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.savj.org/synagogue-event/cmi-scholar-in-residence-may-6-2017|title=Scholar in Residence Shabbat}}</ref> at Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, in May 2017.
Since the early 1990s, he has been active in many non-profit groups. That includes board memberships on the Middleburg (Virginia) Library Advisory Board (President and Vice President), the [[Loudoun County]] (Virginia) Library Board of Trustees, the [[Library of Virginia Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/involved/board.asp|title=The Library of Virginia Foundation|work=virginia.gov|date=21 November 2021 }}</ref> (Treasurer), the Virginia State Library Board, the [[Friends of Thomas Balch Library]], the [[YMCA]] of Loudoun County (Virginia), the Goose Creek Association (Secretary), and the [[Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association]] (Secretary, Vice President, President).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mosbyheritagearea.org/meet-the-board/|title=Meet the Board|publisher=|access-date=2016-04-19|archive-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418055329/http://mosbyheritagearea.org/meet-the-board|url-status=dead}}</ref> He taught U.S. history at [[Lord Fairfax Community College]] (now known as Laurel Ridge Community College) in [[Warrenton, Virginia]] from 2008 to 2015, and was Scholar in Residence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.savj.org/synagogue-event/cmi-scholar-in-residence-may-6-2017|title=Scholar in Residence Shabbat}}</ref> at Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, in May 2017.


A member of [[Authors Guild|The Authors Guild]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile - Marc Leepson - The Authors Guild|url=https://go.authorsguild.org/members/348|access-date=2020-08-19|website=go.authorsguild.org}}</ref> he was elected to the Board of Directors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biographersinternational.org/about/board/|title=Board of Directors|work=Biographers International Organization}}</ref> of the [[Biographers International Organization]] (BIO) in 2013. He was named the organization's Treasurer in 2014.
A member of [[Authors Guild|The Authors Guild]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile - Marc Leepson - The Authors Guild|url=https://go.authorsguild.org/members/348|access-date=2020-08-19|website=go.authorsguild.org}}</ref> he was elected to the Board of Directors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biographersinternational.org/about/board/|title=Board of Directors|work=Biographers International Organization|date=14 December 2012 }}</ref> of the [[Biographers International Organization]] (BIO) in 2013. He was named the organization's Treasurer in 2014. He received a 2019 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution History Award Medal. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fcnp.com/2020/11/16/daughters-of-american-revolution-give-out-f-c-awards/ | title=Daughters of American Revolution Give Out F.C. Awards - Falls Church News-Press Online | date=16 November 2020 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Leepson lives in [[Loudoun County, Virginia]]. He and his wife, Janna (Murphy) Leepson, have two children, Devin and Cara. He also has a brother, R. Evan Leepson.
Leepson lives in [[Loudoun County, Virginia]]. He and his wife, Janna (Murphy) Leepson, have two children, Devin and Cara, and two grandchildren. He also has a brother, R. Evan Leepson.


==Selected bibliography==
==Selected bibliography==
* Leepson, Marc. ''Saving Monticello''. New York: Free Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-743-20106-X}} {{OCLC|46822427}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Saving Monticello: One Family's Epic Quest To Rescue The House That Jefferson Built''. New York: Free Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-743-20106-X}} {{OCLC|46822427}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Flag: An American Biography''. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-312-32308-5}} {{OCLC|57366106}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Flag: An American Biography''. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-312-32308-5}} {{OCLC|57366106}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Desperate Engagement''. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0-312-36364-8}} {{OCLC|122337918}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Desperate Engagement: How A Little-Know Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., And Changed American History''. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0-312-36364-8}} {{OCLC|122337918}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Lafayette: Idealist General''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. {{ISBN|0-230-10504-1}} {{OCLC|651011968}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Lafayette: Lessons In Leadership From The Idealist General''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. {{ISBN|0-230-10504-1}} {{OCLC|651011968}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''What So Proudly We Hailed: [[Francis Scott Key]], A Life''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. {{ISBN|1137278285}}<
* Leepson, Marc. ''What So Proudly We Hailed: [[Francis Scott Key]], A Life''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. {{ISBN|1137278285}}<
* Leepson, Marc, editor. ''Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War''. {{ISBN|978-0756757359}}
* Leepson, Marc, editor. ''Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War''. {{ISBN|978-0756757359}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''[[Ballad of the Green Beret]]: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant [[Barry Sadler]] from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death''. Stackpole Books, 2017. {{ISBN|0811717496}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant [[Barry Sadler]] from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death''. Stackpole Books, 2017. {{ISBN|0811717496}}
* Leepson, Marc. ''Huntland: The Historic Country House, the Property, and Its Owners, 1941-2022''. Huntland Press/University of Virginia Press, 2023. [https://www.amazon.com/Huntland-Historic-Virginia-Property-1741-2022/dp/B0CMLDRLJR/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1700582687&refinements=p_27%3AMarc+Leepson&s=books&sr=1-8 ASIN|B0CMLDRLJR]
* Leepson, Marc. ''The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton''. Stackpole Books, 2024. {{ISBN|978-0811772921}}


==References==
==References==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6oq855QkE National Archives of the United States], June 26, 2014, talk on [[Francis Scott Key]].
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6oq855QkE National Archives of the United States], June 26, 2014, talk on [[Francis Scott Key]].
*[http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/civil-war-saturday-marc-leepson-and-steve-mayeux/ Talk on ''Desperate Engagement''], Podcast and video at ''[[Pritzker Military Museum & Library]]'', March 8, 2008
*[http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/civil-war-saturday-marc-leepson-and-steve-mayeux/ Talk on ''Desperate Engagement''], Podcast and video at ''[[Pritzker Military Museum & Library]]'', March 8, 2008
*{{C-SPAN|Marc Leepson}}
*{{C-SPAN|1015198}}
*{{IMDb name|2970191}}
*{{IMDb name|2970191}}
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703359 Flag Day 2005 interview], [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]''
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703359 Flag Day 2005 interview], [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]''
*[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-06/2005-06-30-voa18.cfm?CFID=117047898&CFTOKEN=89678455{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "New Book Traces History of American Flag"], ''The Beardsley Report'', on [[Voice of America]], July 4, 2005
*[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-06/2005-06-30-voa18.cfm?CFID=117047898&CFTOKEN=89678455{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "New Book Traces History of American Flag"], ''The Beardsley Report'', on [[Voice of America]], July 4, 2005
*[http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2006/06/30/02 "Capture the Flag"], [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[On the Media]]'', June 30, 2006
*[http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2006/06/30/02 "Capture the Flag"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014636/http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2006/06/30/02 |date=2007-09-30 }}, [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[On the Media]]'', June 30, 2006
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/magazine/magazine_leepson111901.htm Live Chat on ''Saving Monticello'' transcript], ''[[The Washington Post Magazine]]'', November 19, 2001
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/magazine/magazine_leepson111901.htm Live Chat on ''Saving Monticello'' transcript], ''[[The Washington Post Magazine]]'', November 19, 2001


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Marc Leepson
Born (1945-06-20) June 20, 1945 (age 79)
Newark, New Jersey, United States
AllegianceUnited States
Years of service1967-1969
Alma materGeorge Washington University (MA)
Children1 son and daughter
Other workDesperate Engagement
Flag: An American Biography
Saving Monticello
Websitemarcleepson.com

Marc Leepson (born June 20, 1945) is an American journalist, historian, and author.

Education

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Leepson was educated at Hillside High School in Hillside, New Jersey (Class of 1963) and George Washington University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1967 and his Master of Arts degree in European History in 1971.[1]

Military service

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Almost immediately after graduating from college, Leepson's draft classification was changed by his local draft board and he was drafted into the United States Army in 1967. Chosen to be trained as a clerk, he served for two years, including a year (December 1967-December 1968) in the Vietnam War with the 527th Personnel Service Company in Qui Nhơn.[2] He received his honorable discharge in 1969.[1]

Career

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Leepson was a staff writer at Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C. from 1976 to 1986.[3] He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1986. He is Senior Writer, Arts Editor and columnist for The VVA Veteran,[4] the magazine published by Vietnam Veterans of America, since 1986.

His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and Smithsonian, Preservation, and Military History magazines. He has been interviewed many times on radio and television, including on The Today Show, CBS This Morning Saturday,[5] CNN, MSNBC, Fox News,[6] The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, PBS-TV's History Detectives, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, Studio 360, NPR's Here and Now, To The Point, Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, "Imus in the Morning,"[7] the BBC Newshour, Russian Channel 1 TV (RTV), Irish Radio, and CBC (Canada).

He is a contributor to The Encyclopædia Britannica,[8] and has written entries for the Encyclopedia Americana, the Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook, the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History, and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography.

Since the early 1990s, he has been active in many non-profit groups. That includes board memberships on the Middleburg (Virginia) Library Advisory Board (President and Vice President), the Loudoun County (Virginia) Library Board of Trustees, the Library of Virginia Foundation[9] (Treasurer), the Virginia State Library Board, the Friends of Thomas Balch Library, the YMCA of Loudoun County (Virginia), the Goose Creek Association (Secretary), and the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association (Secretary, Vice President, President).[10] He taught U.S. history at Lord Fairfax Community College (now known as Laurel Ridge Community College) in Warrenton, Virginia from 2008 to 2015, and was Scholar in Residence[11] at Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, in May 2017.

A member of The Authors Guild,[12] he was elected to the Board of Directors[13] of the Biographers International Organization (BIO) in 2013. He was named the organization's Treasurer in 2014. He received a 2019 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution History Award Medal. [14]

Personal life

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Leepson lives in Loudoun County, Virginia. He and his wife, Janna (Murphy) Leepson, have two children, Devin and Cara, and two grandchildren. He also has a brother, R. Evan Leepson.

Selected bibliography

[edit]
  • Leepson, Marc. Saving Monticello: One Family's Epic Quest To Rescue The House That Jefferson Built. New York: Free Press, 2001. ISBN 0-743-20106-X OCLC 46822427
  • Leepson, Marc. Flag: An American Biography. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-32308-5 OCLC 57366106
  • Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How A Little-Know Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., And Changed American History. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007. ISBN 0-312-36364-8 OCLC 122337918
  • Leepson, Marc. Lafayette: Lessons In Leadership From The Idealist General. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN 0-230-10504-1 OCLC 651011968
  • Leepson, Marc. What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 1137278285<
  • Leepson, Marc, editor. Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War. ISBN 978-0756757359
  • Leepson, Marc. Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death. Stackpole Books, 2017. ISBN 0811717496
  • Leepson, Marc. Huntland: The Historic Country House, the Property, and Its Owners, 1941-2022. Huntland Press/University of Virginia Press, 2023. ASIN|B0CMLDRLJR
  • Leepson, Marc. The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton. Stackpole Books, 2024. ISBN 978-0811772921

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marc Leepson". Vietnamwar.net.
  2. ^ Leepson, Marc. "What It Was Like to Be Drafted", The New York Times, July 21, 2017. Accessed December 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "The WETA Book Studio: Marc Leepson". WETA-TV. 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "The VVA Veteran". vvaveteran.org.
  5. ^ "New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner". CBS News.
  6. ^ New book reveals dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner. YouTube. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  7. ^ "Marc Leepson: "Ballad of the Green Beret" - Imus Clips - Don Imus". www.imus.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  8. ^ "Marc Leepson". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  9. ^ "The Library of Virginia Foundation". virginia.gov. 21 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Meet the Board". Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  11. ^ "Scholar in Residence Shabbat".
  12. ^ "Profile - Marc Leepson - The Authors Guild". go.authorsguild.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  13. ^ "Board of Directors". Biographers International Organization. 14 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Daughters of American Revolution Give Out F.C. Awards - Falls Church News-Press Online". 16 November 2020.
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