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Subject: Fort Ward Museum Employee Honored by Northern Virginia Association for History
Fort Ward Museum Employee Receives History Award Civil War Historian Wally Owen Honored by Northern Virginia Organization On Saturday, May 2, the Northern Virginia Association for History presented Wally Owen, Assistant Director of Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, with the Joseph L. Harsh Award at a luncheon in Fairfax. The annual honor is named for the founding president of the Northern Virginia Association for History and former chair of history at George Mason University, and is presented in recognition of significant contributions to history and historic preservation.
A native Alexandrian, Wally Owen is a Civil War historian respected for his research, lectures and publications, including the book Mr. Lincoln’s Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Co-authored with B. Franklin Cooling, this book about the Union forts protecting the Federal capital during the Civil War is being republished with updated information later this year. He is also a member of the 1971 T.C. Williams High School State Championship football team made famous by the movie “Remember the Titans.” Owen’s specific expertise regarding the Defenses of Washington has greatly enhanced the preservation management and historical interpretation of these sites, in particular, Fort C.F. Smith and Fort Ethan Allen in Arlington, and Fort Ward in the West End of Alexandria. His expertise has been valuable working collaboratively with Washington area agencies and civic groups, the National Park Service, the Arlington Heritage Alliance, The Friends of Fort Ward, The Civil War Preservation Trust, Fairfax County Park Authority and groups devoted to preservation and promotion of other forts in this historic defense system. His professional experience includes curatorial work for the National Archives, and cultural assessment studies for Civil War sites throughout Northern Virginia. Owen has served as Assistant Director and Curator of Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site since 2002.
According to the Harsh Award citation, Owen is “a dedicated professional historian, assisting and accommodating his professional colleagues, researchers and communities in their work; and he has been constant and vigilant in the defense of historic resources when threatened with destruction.” To interview Wally Owen, please call Fort Ward Museum at 703.838.4848. ###
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Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2009 3:59:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Fort Ward Museum Employee Honored by Northern Virginia Association for History
Fort Ward Museum Employee Receives History Award Civil War Historian Wally Owen Honored by Northern Virginia Organization On Saturday, May 2, the Northern Virginia Association for History presented Wally Owen, Assistant Director of Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, with the Joseph L. Harsh Award at a luncheon in Fairfax. The annual honor is named for the founding president of the Northern Virginia Association for History and former chair of history at George Mason University, and is presented in recognition of significant contributions to history and historic preservation.
A native Alexandrian, Wally Owen is a Civil War historian respected for his research, lectures and publications, including the book Mr. Lincoln’s Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Co-authored with B. Franklin Cooling, this book about the Union forts protecting the Federal capital during the Civil War is being republished with updated information later this year. He is also a member of the 1971 T.C. Williams High School State Championship football team made famous by the movie “Remember the Titans.” Owen’s specific expertise regarding the Defenses of Washington has greatly enhanced the preservation management and historical interpretation of these sites, in particular, Fort C.F. Smith and Fort Ethan Allen in Arlington, and Fort Ward in the West End of Alexandria. His expertise has been valuable working collaboratively with Washington area agencies and civic groups, the National Park Service, the Arlington Heritage Alliance, The Friends of Fort Ward, The Civil War Preservation Trust, Fairfax County Park Authority and groups devoted to preservation and promotion of other forts in this historic defense system. His professional experience includes curatorial work for the National Archives, and cultural assessment studies for Civil War sites throughout Northern Virginia. Owen has served as Assistant Director and Curator of Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site since 2002.
According to the Harsh Award citation, Owen is “a dedicated professional historian, assisting and accommodating his professional colleagues, researchers and communities in their work; and he has been constant and vigilant in the defense of historic resources when threatened with destruction.” To interview Wally Owen, please call Fort Ward Museum at 703.838.4848. ###
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