Elizabeth M. Reese is a public historian in the Washington, D.C. area.

She has spent over a decade as an interpreter at historic sites on the East Coast. Her work has appeared in TIME, the New York Times, and C-SPAN. Elizabeth was awarded the Scott Hartwig Public History Fellowship at the Civil War Institute in 2015 and the America 250! Commendation Medal in 2024.

Elizabeth currently works at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and is completing her Master of Arts in American History from Gettysburg College where her research is focused on public memory, family ties, and grief.

Her first book, Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capital Region, was published by The History Press (imprint of Arcadia Publishing) in 2024.