In 2008, upon her retirement as a registered nurse, she and her husband, Roger, moved to Gettysburg which is the inspiration for, and the focus of, her photography. The hallowed ground of the battlefield is her daily reminder that "the world...can never forget what they did here." She is a board member of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable; a volunteer for the Gettysburg Foundation at the Visitor's Center, the David Wills House, the George Spangler Farm and the Seminary Ridge Museum.