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Well Armed With History

rowing up as the son of a history teacher in western Maryland, near Fort Frederick and Antietam National Battlefield, Danny Michael took a natural interest in history. But it was during an internship at the Frazier History Museum, in Louisville, Ky. (known for its firearms exhibit), while attending graduate school at the University of Louisville, that he experienced “a light bulb moment that firearms history could be a career.” He joined the about the museum and some of his favorite firearms on display.

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