Receiving the J. Michael Miller History Award

On April 27, 2011, I was honored to receive the J. Michael Miller History Award from the Alexandria Historical Society for publishing Letters to Virginia.  This award, renamed in 2009 in honor of the retiring City Historian, has been given out since 1993.  Other recipients include: Dr. William Seale, T. Michael Miller, William Francis Smith, Dr. Oscar P. Fitzgerald, Dr. Alton S. Wallace, Jean Taylor Federico, General George G. Kundahl, Mary V. Thompson, and Thomas E. Crocker.

Pictured, left to right: Vola T. Lawson, James Mackay, Barb Winters, Anne S. Paul

In the photo, I am holding, the following Proclamation from the Alexandria City Council.