Welcome!

I’m Michael L. Strauss and a masters student finishing up my graduate program in United States History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. My research focuses on military history and methodology covering the period of the Spanish American War to the Philippine Insurrection. This website is updated regularly to include lectures and conferences I attend in my educational pursuits. The subject of my thesis in titled Ever Under Steam: The Revenue Cutter Service and their Participation in the Spanish American War. This organization is the forerunner of our modern United States Coast Guard after 1915. As an Accredited Genealogist with the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists I strictly adhere to standards and conduct set forth by this organization.