Participant Info

First Name
Elizabeth
Last Name
Reese
Affiliation
Gettysburg College, Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House
Website URL
https://www.elizabethmreese.com/
Keywords
Public History, American Revolution, Post-Revolutionary America, Early Republic, Public Memory, Aaron Burr, Marquis de Lafayette
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About Me

Elizabeth M. Reese is a historian in the Washington, D.C. area whose research is focused on public memory, family ties, and grief.

Elizabeth has spent over a decade as an interpreter at historic sites on the East Coast and her work has also appeared in TIME, the New York Times, and on C-SPAN. Elizabeth was awarded the Scott Hartwig Public History Fellowship at the Civil War Institute in 2015 and the America 250! Commendation Medal in 2024.

Elizabeth is currently the Senior Manager of Public Programs & Interpretation at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and is completing her Master of Arts in American History from Gettysburg College.

Her first book, Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capital Region, was published by The History Press (imprint of Arcadia Publishing) in 2024.

Recent Publications

Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capital Region, The History Press 2024

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
18th century, 19th century
Expertise by Topic
American Revolution, American Founding Era, Government, Local & Regional, Public History