Ed Bearss at Monocacy Battlefield

A portrait of Ed Bearss, lecturing at the Best Farm on the Monocacy National Battlefield. Ed is a national treasure - 91 years old, combat-wounded WW II vet (hit five times by a Japanese machine gun in Samoa), Chief Historian Emeritus of the US Park Service, and still leading tours 200+ days a year. This is a somewhat unusual portrait of Ed on tour because I caught him with his eyes open. He often closes his eyes when talking because 'it helps me picture the story in my head better'.