Speakers Bureau: Douglas R. Cubbison
Mr. Douglas R. Cubbison holds a B.A. in History from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He served for over ten years active and reserve duty as a U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer and deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the Command Historian for CJTF-76. Mr. Cubbison has previously served as a Military Historian with the U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; as Command Historian with the 10 Mountain Division and Fort Drum, New York; and as Cultural Resources Manager at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. He served as acting Director and established the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Museum at Fort Drum, New York. As the Curator for the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming from 2018 through 2022, he successfully created a start-up national museum of 140,000 square feet (3 acres) including five major Museum exhibit galleries. He is the previous President of the Wyoming State Historical Society. Mr. Cubbison is currently a Curator and Historian with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center; and is an active Board member for the Braddock’s Road Preservation Association.
He is the author of "The British Defeat of the French in Pennsylvania, 1758- A Military History of the Campaign Against Fort Duquesne." A second book "On Campaign Against Fort Duquesne: The Braddock and Forbes Expeditions 1755 & 1758 Through the Experiences of Quartermaster Sir John St Clair" also addresses the logistics and leadership of this campaign.