James Hollister is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, ranger and lead interpreter for the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List ...

(NPS). He has been a ranger at

Minute Man National Historical Park Minute Man National Historical Park commemorates the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. It also includes the Wayside, home in turn to three noted American authors. The National Historical Park is under the jurisdiction of the N ...

since 2002. In 2022, he was awarded the Robert Gross Award by

Concord Museum The Concord Museum is a museum of local history located at 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, Massachusetts, United States, and best known for its collection of artifacts from the American revolution and from authors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry ...

in recognition of his twenty years of service to the town's history and to the NPS. In 2007, while he was an educational coordinator at Minute Man, he contributed to ''Honored Places'', the National Park Service teacher's guide to the

American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...

Personal life

In 2009, Hollister, who is from

Littleton, Massachusetts Littleton (historically ''Nashoba'') is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,141 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the neighborhood of Littleton Common, please see the a ...

, was in a relationship with fellow park ranger Emily Murphy.

References

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