Jack D. Warren, Jr. is a native of Washington, DC, whose work focuses on the enduring achievements of the American Revolution. Heserved on the faculty of the University of Virginia, where he was an editor of The Papers of George Washington. He was subsequently executive director of The Society of the Cincinnati and the founding director of The American Revolution Institute. His books include The Presidency of George Washington and America’s First Veterans. He and his wife, Janet, live in Alexandria, Virginia.