15 YEARS AGO I was first introduced to the Civil War paintings of Mort Künstler.

12 YEARS AGO I stood in line for 2 ½ hours to meet him at a gallery in Fredericksburg.

10 YEARS AGO I began collecting his illustration books of which I have 6 titles.

3 YEARS AGO I was able to purchase 2 of his calendar prints to hang in my dining room.

2 YEARS AGO I interviewed the man for 2 feature articles in the Free Lance-Star.

1 YEAR AGO I wrote a third feature article and a friendship followed.

2 WEEKS AGO my friend donated 2 prints to the National Civil War Life Foundation.

TODAY I accepted a job to write the historical certificate copy for his next release.

If you would have told that 21 year-old kid that someday he would be writing Mort Künstler's copy, he would have laughed out loud. I am surely blessed and very grateful.

Mort Künstler articles by yours truly:

Mort Künstler: An American Master

“Merry Christmas General Lee”

Human Decency During War