THE PROCESS OF BINARY STELLAR EVOLUTION IS A COMPLEX TAPESTRY OF INITIAL STELLAR EVOLUTIONARY PARAMETERS CONVOLVED WITH A LIFETIME OF ORBITAL AND MASS EVOLUTION THAT LEAVE IMPRINTS IN THE OBSERVATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE LARGE POPULATION OF BINARIES IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY. EVEN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL END OF STELLAR LIFE WHEN MAIN SEQUENCE STARS HAVE EVOLVED INTO STELLAR REMNANTS BINARY SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR STELLAR-MASS PARTNER. THE STELLAR GRAVEYARD OF THE MILKY WAY COMPRISED OF HIGHLY EVOLVED STARS AND STELLAR REMNANTS ENCODES A RECORD OF THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT DRIVE THE EVOLUTION OF THESE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.