Kathi is a founder and current director of the Freedom Forge Foundation, with its mission to preserve, interpret, and elevate the story of Hunter’s Iron Works, to promote civic engagement through events, outreach, and education, and to empower current and future generations to actively advance the ideal of liberty and justice for all. She concurrently serves as the director of the Conflict Awareness Project and was previously an expert with the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping. 

Jerrilynn is the author of They Called Stafford Home and two other works featuring Stafford’s iron industry and the county’s elected officials. A relentless researcher into all aspects of Stafford’s rich history, she has found her career as an educational librarian particularly well suited to discovering, gleaning, and sharing an enormous array of historical documents and facts. A lifelong citizen of Stafford, she is a secretary of the historical society and a frequent lecturer on various historical topics to numerous regional historical organizations

Craig is a member, past President, and current General Counsel of the American Society of Arms Collectors, and President of its ASAC Foundation; the current President and former Governor of the Company of Military Historians; and the current Vice President of the Kentucky Rifle Association. He is an experienced tax lawyer who advises on structuring charitable donations and the lending of artifacts to museums, historical societies, and other organizations that educate the general public about the importance and evolution of antique firearms, swords, armor, and similar items of military significance.

Katherine Egner is a public historian with nearly two decades of experience researching and interpreting early Virginia and Revolutionary history through museums, material culture, and digital storytelling. She holds an M.A. in American History from the College of William & Mary, and a B.A. in historic preservation from the University of Mary Washington.

Barbra Anderson is the Events Coordinator for the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, where she has spent the past ten years researching and coordinating tours on local history, ranging from Prohibition to tunnels to cars. She teaches history and government at King George High School. Barbra graduated from Mary Washington College with degrees in Women’s Studies and American Studies. She has traveled extensively, visiting 48 states, but always returns to her beloved Fredericksburg, “America’s Most Historic City.”

Shelby is a historian, scholar, and writer who serves on the Board of Trustees of the James Monroe Memorial Foundation. He has worked in several capacities advancing Freemasonry relations and history, including as the current Chairman of the GL Committee on History. Previously, he was the Past Master, Tiler, and Lodge Historian of Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 AF&AM, as well as the Charter Master, Trustee, and Secretary of the George Washington Lodge of Research No. 1732 AF&AM.