Every year, Moorpark High School history teacher Dan Burchfield explains to his students how history surrounds them wherever they go.
He shows clips from movies such as "Glory" and "Schindler's List." His PowerPoint presentation includes a slide of Moorpark's Veterans Memorial. He also shares his personal history when he shows the class a photo of a plaque on a local bridge that reads: "For all the children who will pass this way. Joel Burchfield."
Joel is Dan's late son. On a January day in 1996, the 11-year-old, looking for a shortcut on his walk home from school, cut across the rain-swollen Arroyo Simi.