J. Michael Morrison:  

“If you are unaware of your past, you are destined to repeat it, and not even know why”. -J. Michael Morrison J. Michael Morrison, 60, is a native of Upper Merion Township, PA. His keen interest in local history comes honestly; his grandparents settled there in the 1920’s, purchasing and restoring the oldest deeded property in Montgomery County, PA, opening an Antique Shop & General Store, and running the Post Office in one of the original buildings in King of Prussia. He grew up learning the family business and studying local history at an early age. A 1974 graduate of Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, Morrison is currently involved historic restoration and architectural interior design. His background has given him a unique perspective as it relates to the identification of historic locations long since lost to progress. After the success of his first book, Images of America, He was eager to take on the project of presenting King of Prussia as it once was, and to contrast it to what we see today; a town that hosts over a million visitors a year. Then and Now takes an in-depth look at where things were, and where they have gone. His third book, Upper Merion Township: The First 300 Years, will be released in time for the Upper Merion Township Tricentennial in 2013. After college, he spent nearly ten years in the hospitality i...Expand for more