While studying Communications and History at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland back in 2014, I took Visual Media Production courses that gave me hands-on experience creating short historical documentaries.
These projects built upon my childhood fascination with documentaries – memories of early Saturday mornings spent watching Roger Mudd on the History Channel were foundational to my passion for storytelling.
In 2014, one of my earliest documentary projects focused on preservation efforts at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, MD.
At the time, the battlefield was under threat from the proposed construction of a massive trash incinerator that would have loomed over the historic landscape. That project was ultimately cancelled due to public pressure.
Although this student documentary is certainly rough around the edges, it remains meaningful to me as a marker of my growth as a historian and communicator, charting my development from a Hood College student into a professional public historian.
More videos from Jake Wynn – Public Historian
Video: A short history of Williamstown Tunnel in northern Dauphin County
A Bloody Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier | YouTube Short Documentary
Tour of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum | 2021
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Don’t think I saw this earlier. Glad the incinerator story was captured. You add two of my favorite colleagues stars -Mary and Andrew!