Welcome!

I’m Michael L. Strauss and a master’s degree candidate completing my graduate program in United States History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. My research focuses on military history, methodology and historiography covering the Spanish American War. This website is updated regularly to include lectures and conferences I both attend and lecture at in support of my educational goals.

The subject of my thesis is 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.