Wednesday, January 11, 2023
@ 1pm
Topic: “Theodore Roosevelt, Tsar Nicholas II, and Russia’s Anti-Jewish Pogroms”
** OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **
Tickets: $10 per person
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8500 Jog Rd. Boynton Beach, FL 33472
FOR MORE INFO
Contact: Anette Isaacs, Arts and Culture Director
Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches
tel # 561-712-5233/ AnetteI@JCConline.com
Wednesday, 01/11/2023 @ 7pm
The Palm Beach Civil War Round Table
Welcomes Back Robert N. Macomber
PowerPoint Topic: “RUSSIA’S INTRIGUING ROLE IN AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR”
From New York to Alaska and California, who would imagine
that the Russian Empirewas involved in the U.S. Civil War?
This had unintended effects then, and consequences to this very day.
Don’t miss this!
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Meetings held at Lake Clarke Shores Town Hall
1701 Barbados Road // Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406
For more information contact:
Gerridine LaRovere, President
Tel # 561-967-8911
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK POPULAR
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Topic: “RUSSIA’S INTRIGUING ROLE IN AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR”
From New York to Alaska and California, who would imagine that
the Russian Empire was involved in the U.S. Civil War?
This had unintended effects then, and consequences to this very day.
History is full of surprises! This program continues our exploration
into the Russian Empire from 1863 to 1918, all of which
has influenced American and world history. Don’t miss this!
** in Social Center in The Island **
15101 Shell Point Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33908
~ Call 239-454-2272 for more info ~
** POSTPONED **
The Friends of Ft. Myers Beach Library
MEET THE AUTHORS
Thursday, 01/19/23
10am – 12 noon
held @ The Ft. Myers Beach Library
2755 Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON….
The Useppa Island Historical Society & Barbara Sumwalt Museum
Welcomes Author and Historian Robert N. Macomber
January 21, 2023 [Saturday] @ 5:30pm
PowerPoint Topic: “The Patriot and The Widow”
(PowerPoint) – This is a fascinating, non-fiction tale of a young
mixed-marriage couple who became pro-Union refugees
on SW Florida’s Useppa Island during the American Civil War.
It’s a story of love, war, the bitter-sweet Christmas of 1863,
and a woman’s incredible resiliency against daunting odds,
with a poignant legacy which has lasted until this very day.
For more info, contact Rona Stage <RonaSage@Useppahs.org>
call the Barbara Sumwalt Museum tel # 239-283-9600
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK POPULAR
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Topic: “RUSSIA’S REMARKABLE WAR VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD IN 1904/1905”
In the bloody midst of the Russo-Japanese War, the largest Russian
war fleet ever assembled steamed 18,000-miles on a doomed mission
to save Russia’s Pacific coast. This had an outcome that changed history
and led to Pearl Harbor 36-years later. Join us for this journey back in time!
** in Social Center in The Island **
15101 Shell Point Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33908
~ Call 239-454-2272 for more info ~
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK POPULAR
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Topic: “THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND RUSSIA’S ANTI-JEWISH POGROMS”
Hear how an American president stood up to the autocratic Russian Tsar
over the systematic persecution of Russia’s Jews, a prelude to events thirty years later.
Also, learn how that same president stood up to emphasize
and recognize American Jews’ abilities and their priceless value to the nation.
** in the Grand Cypress Room [The Woodlands] **
14441 Woodsong Lane / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
~ Call 239-454-2272 for more info ~
ANNUAL CRACKER DINNER
SW FL Historical Society
Monday, 02/20/23
Doors Open 5:30pm {Buffet} / Presentation @ 7pm
TICKETS $40 PER PERSON
Available for Purchase at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
>> OPEN TO THE PUBLIC <<
[1380 Colonial Blvd./Ft. Myers, FL 33907]
For more info, call (239) 939-4044
Topic: “The Strange Story of the U.S.S. Annie”
Join multi-award winning author and acclaimed speaker Robert N. Macomber
for a fascinating look at one of the U.S. Navy’s blockade ships on the Florida Gulf coast during the Civil War.
Her life was impressively successful, her skipper wildly unpredictable,
and her strange demise is still a mystery to this very day.
https://swflhistoricalsociety.org/
Charlotte Harbor Book Festival
@ The Military Heritage Museum
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday, 02/25/23
9am-4pm
[900 W Marion Ave. / Punta Gorda, FL 33950]
For event info, call James Abraham
(941) 258-4920 for details
Robert N. Macomber, Featured Speaker at 9am
https://floridahumanities.org/event/charlotte-harbor-book-festival/
The Friends of Pine Island Library
MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT
Tuesday, 02/28/23
1pm til 2:30pm
** RESERVATIONS ENCOURAGED **
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
>>> CALL OR TEXT # 239-454-9196 <<<
Topic: “The Story Behind CODE OF HONOR”
Please join me for this historically accurate discussion of the facts behind
CODE OF HONOR, the latest in my Honor Series of novels.
You will be spellbound by the complicated personalities
and the legacy of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War,
which changed America, impacting us to this very day.
Contact the Friends of Pine Island Library
for reservations & event info
via email: to icc9@live.com or friendspilibrary@gmail.com
[book signing to follow the discussion]
held @ Pine Island United Methodist Church
5701 Pine Island Rd., Bokeelia, FL 33922
FREE REFRESHMENTS DURING THE BOOK SIGNING SEGMENT