Participant Info
- First Name
- Elizabeth
- Last Name
- Reese
- Country
- United States
- State
- DC District of Columbia
- elizareesewrites@gmail.com
- 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
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Elizabeth Reese is an independent public historian. With historical interpretive experience at federal sites, she uses public history to encourage people of all ages to connect with the history around them.
Elizabeth’s work is focused on the American Revolution and Early Republic. In addition to receiving the 2015 Scott Hartwig Public History Fellowship at the Civil War Institute, Elizabeth has spent over a decade as an interpreter at federal historic sites, including Hamilton Grange National Memorial and the United States Capitol. Throughout her career, she has developed programs on civil rights, women’s history, and Founding America.
Elizabeth is the Associate Manager of Marketing at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House. She is also the chair of The American Friends of Lafayette Bicentennial Committee for Washington, D.C. Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University (2013) and is currently working on a Master of Arts in American History from Gettysburg College (2026).
- Recent Publications
Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capital Region, The History Press 2024
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @elizamreese
- 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
