McCaskill brings History Alive!® through his personalized tours of monuments in the Nation’s Capital, and his dynamic public speaking presentations across the country. A true Renaissance Man, John is an educator, historian, lecturer, coach, tour guide, and inspirational speaker, who inspires and captivates his audiences by teaching the principles of leadership and teamwork by using history as a ve
hicle through which to do it. John has been passionate about history since the age of eight years old. He provides narrated walking tours at Arlington National Cemetery, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and various other historical points of interest along the National Mall. His areas of historical expertise are World War II, the Cold War, the Civil War and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968. To authenticate his Living History presentations, McCaskill adorns period dress attire for colonial, WWII, Army Air Corps Tuskegee Airmen, and Civil War U.S. He owns 2000 books about history, the military and culture that are helping him complete his dual master's degrees in American History and Military History. He earned his bachelor's degree History and minored in music at the University of the District of Columbia. John is a licensed tour guide with the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and a member of the Washington Guild for Tour Guides. As a popular public speaker, John's presentations have received rave reviews from many of his audiences, including the Army Corps of Engineers- Norfolk Division, Capital Tours, Inc. and World Strides, the nation's oldest and largest student organization.
