The group supports battlefield preservation through the Civil War Trust. Speakers are comprised of well-known Civil War experts from around the country. The Scottsdale Civil War Round Table meets the third Tuesday of every month (except June, July & August) at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library (Auditorium) 3839 N. Quarstein is the recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 1993 President’s Award for Historic Preservation the Civil War Society’s Preservation Award in 1996 the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s Jefferson Davis Gold Medal in 1999 and the Daughters of the American Revolution Gold Historians Medal in 2009. His latest film, Hampton: From The Sea To The Stars is a Bronze Telly winner. He also has produced, narrated and wrote several PBS documentaries, of which the film series Civil War In Hampton Roads, which was awarded a 2007 Silver Telly. His volume, The Monitor Boys: The Crew Of The Union’s First Ironclad, received the 2012 Henry Adams Prize for excellence in historical literature. John Quarstein is the author of fifteen books. John Quarstein also serves on several boards and commissions such as Virginia Civil War Trails, Virginia War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Advisory Council and the Newport News Sesquicentennial Commission. His current preservation endeavors feature the Rebecca Vaughan House, Lee Hall Depot, Causey’s Mill, Big Bethel Battlefield and Fort Monroe. Quarstein has been involved in a wide variety of historic preservation initiatives including the creation of Civil War battlefield parks like Redoubt Park in Williamsburg and Lee’s Mill Park in Newport News as well as historic house museums such as Lee Hall Mansion and Endview Plantation. Quarstein is now serving as the Chief Development Officer for the USS MONITOR Foundation at The Mariners’ Museum. He previously worked for thirty years as the director of the Virginia War Museum and as consultant to The Mariners’ Museum’s MONITOR Center. He served as historian for the city of Hampton’s 400th anniversary. Quarstein is an award-winning historian, preservationist, lecturer, and author. Hope the City of Newport News knows about the outstanding job you do providing interpretive, and re-enactment events for citizens, and tourists alike. The Scottsdale Civil War Round Table’s December 13 program features John Quarstein presenting “The Last Days of the Monitor.” Endview does an awesome job scheduling excellent re-enactments of the Revolutionary War, Civil War WW-1, WW-2, and the War of 1812. Individual pay rates will, of course, vary depending on the job, department, location, as well as the individual skills and education of each employee. John Quarstein John Quarstein presents “The Last Days of the Monitor” Civil War At Endview pays an average hourly rate of 32 and hourly wages range from a low of 28 to a high of 37.
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