Journalist and historian Marc Leepson is the author of nine books, including What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, a Life; Saving Monticello; and Lafayette: Idealist General. A former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, his work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, Smithsonian, Military History, and Civil War Times. He has appeared on “The Today Show”, “CBS This Morning”, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The History Channel, BBC and NPR, is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and edited the Webster’s New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War.
He served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam in 1967-68, and is Arts Editor, Senior Writer and columnist for The VVA Veteran, the magazine published by Vietnam Veterans of America. He taught U.S. history at Lord Fairfax Community College in Warrenton, Virginia, from 2008-2015, and lives in northern Virginia. His website is www.marcleepson.com