Mark St. John Erickson covers Hampton Roads history and museums for the Daily Press, where he's won 17 awards from the Virginia Press Association. Born in Portsmouth, he lived in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Yorktown and Williamsburg as well as overseas while growing up as the son of a Navy civil engineer. He graduated from York High School, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia and now lives with his wife and son in Hampton's Victoria Boulevard Historic District.