Ed Gwartney would have been 83-years-old in a few days, and we think it would be appropriate to remember him.
Ed was a self-described product of the “Okie” migration who never earned a high school diploma but became a pathfinder of new trails in the teaching of history. He was the founder of the James Monroe Children’s Museum and he has left it to others to build on his passion that created the unique educational laboratory for teaching California history on the campus of James Monroe Elementary School.
Gwartney y su familia formaron parte de la gran migración del Dust Bowl en las décadas de 1930 y 1940. Cuando él tenía nueve meses, su madre, su padre, tres hermanos y dos tías dejaron Oklahoma en busca de supervivencia.