David Ekardt has been giving history talks for several years about the U.S. Marines in the Civil War and in the Second Seminole War. As a Marine veteran of Vietnam, David has always had a great interest in history, especially of the Marine Corps. He has had several articles about the Marine involvement in the Civil War published, and assisted in the creation of a map compilation of Marine and Naval actions in that war for the Navy Marine Living History Association. He also published an e-book about Sam Brady, famous frontier scout of the Revolutionary War on the Ohio-Pennsylvania territory. Through the years, he has taught many out door skills and archery to Boy Scouts in the Tampa, Florida area.