Tom Kozar is a distinguished American artist who has earned international recognition. He has been selected by the State Department to participate in its Art for Embassies Program, and was commissioned to paint for the American Veterans Association and the National Park Service. He has been the Artist in Residence at the C&OCanal, Antietam's battlefield, and RockCreekPark in Washington, D.C. Tom Kozar has created sculptures for the Truman Library and the Kennedy Library and other monuments around the nation. He also did the painting "Spirit of the Nation" for the 2002 fourth of July poster for the nation. A copy is now in the Smithsonian.