I spoke with my friend Benjamin Smith at Patriots of the American Revolution. Due to a high volume of articles my feature on the Alexander Hamilton – Aaron Burr duel titled “American Gladiators” has been pushed from the July/August issue to the September/October mag. Ben also approved my pitch for a feature on Thomas Paine titled “Beliefs of an Unbeliever.” This piece will look at his highly controversial pamphlet The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology.

After a 2-year hiatus, I am returning to the Gathering of Eagles at the Winchester Court House Civil War Museum on Saturday, June 4th. This will be my fourth appearance at this unique re-enactment hosted by Lee’s Lieutenants. I will be set up in the author’s area, selling copies of “The Angel of Marye’s Heights” on DVD, as well as Will White’s soundtrack on CD. Hope to see you there.

There are some BIG announcements coming up from Right Stripe Media. Good things continue to happen with our first documentary The Angel of Marye’s Heights and we are deep into the planning stages for our second film project on Billy The Kid (working title: “El Chivato”) Details to come. My partner Clint Ross and I have been approached by a school teacher from Ditmas Junior High School in New York who is in the process of gathering materials to teach young children about the Civil War. We have agreed to provide a free copy of our DVD along with some personalized letters for the class. This means that “The Angel” is now being shown at the elementary, middle school and college level. On a slightly related topic, I hope to have the video from my speech in Pittsburgh on the 123rd PA Volunteers posted in a week or two.