Bradley Smith serves on the Board of Directors for the Mount Vernon Regional Historical Society and is a member of Virginia Wesleyan University’s Parent Council. Mr. Smith was selected as West Potomac High School’s 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year and West Potomac High School pyramid’s 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year. Prior to teaching, he worked for two nonprofits in their government relations/public relations offices for 20 years. Brad started his career working for a member of the House of Representatives. History has always been his passion. He teaches with this quote from Beyoncé as his guide, “the past and the future merge to meet us here.”

“Pretty familiar. Vicksburg, Shiloh, Gettysburg. I am interested in learning more about the Wilderness campaigns. I had a distant relative who died as part of Ohio’s 5th Regiment.”