User:ToddC4176
About Me
My name is Todd C. I have been on Wikipedia since July, 2005. In addition to my historical background, I am a musician, a longtime sports fan, and love to travel.
I was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and currently live in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. I am a graduate of Dartmouth High School, and hold a B.A. in History/Secondary Educatoin from Providence College in Providence, R.I. I am currently out of teaching, however; working as an assistant team leader for an auditing company.
The Areas of My Expertise
I have several interests, most of which i've piped in on on Wikipedia. They include:
History
As previously stated, I have a B.A. in History. I am interested in the War Between The States, as well as Russian History. I am also interested in "weird" history.
My library, over 300 volumes, includes many books on history, including
Music
In addition to being a historian, I am also a musician. By my best estimation, I have performed about 300 times in various groups, including the Dartmouth High School Marching Band, Stage Band, Concert Band and Orchestra, the Providence College Pep Band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble, the Tri-County Symphonic Band, the Mattapoisett Community Band, as well as in student productions at Providence College, as a guest performer for the Atlantis Charter School of Fall River, with Music Corner Studios Productions and in a local band. I have performed as a singer and on ten different instruments at least once, including:
With Music Corner Studios, I worked mostly as a show designer/manager, although I do have quite a bit of experience with mixing boards and recording equipment. I also have a 446-disc (as of 26 July 2006) CD collection, with everything from rock to pop to jazz to blues to classical to christmas to irish to traditional to... well, you get the picture. Add in the vinyls, cassettes and 8-track cassettes (not joking!), and it comes out to about 500 albums, about 7,000 songs, and (before this last inventory) about a week and a half of nonstop music.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts is my home state, and has a lot to offer. I have visited and photographed 345 of the 351 cities and towns in the state (I am missing
). I have begun attempting to add to the Massachusetts entries with the information I have found in various places. As of early March 2008, I have done all of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes and Plymouth Counties.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/TC-States.jpg/300px-TC-States.jpg)
Travel
I have traveled to 18 states and the District of Columbia. I have been traveling since I was young, going out to North Carolina to visit my aunt in Gastonia. From 1988 to 1994, I went on the annual family trip to Walt Disney World. All in all, I have visited the following places:
- all of Massachusetts & Rhode Island except Nantucket and Block Island
- Much of New Hampshire, especially the areas around Concord, Portsmouth, Manchester, Keene and the White Mountains National Park.
- Augusta, Maine, Freeport, Maine and Houlton, Maine (the end of Interstate 95)
- Montpelier, Vermont
- New Jersey State Capitol
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- , Maryland
- Washington, DC
- Busch Gardens Europe
- Charlotte, Gastonia, Asheville (home of the Biltmore Estate), Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina
- Greenville (not far from the Cowpens National Battlefield and Kings Mountain National Military Park), Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina
- South Florida metropolitan area
- Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Tupelo, Mississippi
- Greenville, Tennessee (home of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site)
- The National Corvette Museum, Mammoth Cave National Park, the Kentucky State Capitol and Louisville, Kentucky
- Marshall University in Huntington and the West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia
- The Black Hills region of South Dakota, including Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park and Rapid City
- Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Pompeys Pillar National Monument and Billings, Montana
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Harrah's RinconCasino & Resort.
I have also obviously traveled many highways to get to these places, including the entire current length of Interstate 95. I have briefly also been in the states of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia and Delaware, though mostly for layovers or drive-throughs.
The limits of my travels have been
Sports
Finally, I am a HUGE sports fan. I have been a lifelong fan of the
I have been to the following stadiums and arenas:
- Fenway Park
- Foxboro Stadium
- Boston Garden
- TD Garden
- Conte Forum and Alumni Stadium at BC
- Nickerson Field at BU
- Harvard Stadium
- The Yale Bowl
- Dunkin Donuts Centerin Providence, Rhode Island
- McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (home to the Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston's AAA International League affiliate)
- The Ryan Center at URI
- the "second" Yankee Stadium
- Madison Square Garden
- Charlotte Coliseum (the "second" one)
- BJCC Arena
- Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Merchantsauto.com Stadiumin Manchester, New Hampshire
- Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte
- Heinz Field, Pittsburgh
- Petco Park, San Diego
- Sun Life Stadiumin Miami Gardens, Florida
And not for games:
- Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts
- Mullins Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Shea Stadium in Queens, New York
- Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey
- Wachovia Center, Philadelphia (have been in the Phillies clubhouse store)
- Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh
- B&O Warehouse)
- Dover International Speedwayin Delaware
- Cardinal Stadium and Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium and Cam Henderson Center at Marshall
- LP Fieldin Nashville
- Scott Stadium and University Hall at the University of Virginia
- Carmichael Auditorium and Dean Smith Center at the University of North Carolina
- Carter-Finley Stadiumin Raleigh
- Time Warner Cable Arenain Charlotte
- Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum, at the University of Alabama
- Legion Field in Birmingham
- Qualcomm Stadiumin San Diego
- American Airlines Arenain Miami
- Verizon Center in Washington, DC
- Nationals Park in Washington, DC
I have also visited the former site of Forbes Field at the University of Pittsburgh.