MUSEUM OF THE ISLANDS
Preserving The Past For The Future
Join me on my home island at MOTI’s annual meeting
Monday, 2/03/20 @ 7pm
[book signing to follow talk]
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Topic: “The Strange Story of the USS Annie“
Time to hear about an interesting tale of the successful career,
and mysterious disappearance, of a U.S. Navy gunboat on Florida’s Gulf coast!
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held at Fishers of Men Lutheran Church
10360 Stringfellow Rd. St James City, FL 33956
Tel # 239-283-1525
THE US POWER SQUADRON WELCOMES
ROBERT N. MACOMBER AS THEIR KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AND SEMINAR PRESENTER AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
Sawgrass Marriott Resort
[1000 PGA Tour Blvd. Ponte Vedra Beach FL 32082]
Tel# 888-367-8777 for details
** CONFERENCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED **
Thursday, 02/13/20
Keynote Breakfast // 7:30am-8:45am
“Salty Superstitions”
– a lighthearted look at the culture of sailors and ships at sea
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Seminar (Heritage C room) // 11am-12 NOON
PowerPoint: “The Italian Navy’s Decima Mas”
– an incredible World War II story of the 1st naval special operations unit in history; the professional predecessor of the famous U.S. Navy SEALS
https://www.usps.org/php/reservations/documents/202001031456050.2020AMAgenda12302019.pdf
I’ll be taping a TV segment for my upcoming appearance
at Shell Point Retirement Community’s Academy of Lifelong Learning
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Check out the event coming up on Wednesday, March 11th @ 10am
where I’ll present a fascinating look at “The Sailor Who Changed History”
and my Honor Series books will be available for purchase!
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*Reservations/tickets ($10 per person) are required*
Call #239-489-8472 to reserve your spot!
The Tampa Bay Civil War Round Table
Welcomes Robert N. Macomber
Wednesday, 02/26/20 @ 6:30pm
PowerPoint presentation: “The Great Escape”
~ the riveting tale of Confederate Secretary of State
Judah P. Benjamin’s epic escape to freedom through Florida
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Meetings held @ The Children’s Board Building
1002 E. Palm Ave. / Tampa, FL 33605
This Round Table welcomes visitors but kindly asks that you contact them in advance
so they have a big enough meeting space.
I urge anyone with an interest in the Civil War to join!
http://www.tampabaycivilwarroundtable.com/upcoming-events.html
For more information contact:
Jay Ferris, President
email: tbcwrt@gmail.com
Tel # 813-382-2339
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
POPULAR HISTORIAN & AUTHOR ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Topic: “The Sailor Who Changed History”
This session covers the real story of master navigator and
explorer Christopher Columbus, his four history-making voyages
which yielded triumph and treachery,
and the mysteries which surround him to this very day.
** PUBLIC IS WELCOME / RESERVATIONS REQUIRED **
Where: Shell Point Retirement Community; Grand Cypress Room in The Woodlands [15101 Shell Point Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33908]
Date: March 11th
When: 10am – 11:30am
Contact: Call tel # 239-489-8472 to reserve your spot
Price: $10 per person
The Friends of North Fort Myers Library
plan to reschedule this incredible program!!
Tuesday, 03/24/20@ 2pm CANCELLED
Topic: “Theodore Roosevelt ~ The Summit”
Join me for my presentation covering Roosevelt’s history-changing presidency
& tumultuous post-presidency from 1898 to 1919, highlighting events
which have left his legacy throughout the world to this very day.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC [space is limited]
[book signing to follow discussion]
2001 N. Tamiami Trail /N. Ft. Myers, FL 33903
Tel # 239-533-4320 or 239-533-4343 to learn more
https://leelibrary.librarymarket.com/events/robert-n-macomber-presents-theodore-roosevelt-summit
The Florida Book Awards Banquet CANCELLED
{due to COVID-19 & preventative action}
Thursday, 04/02/20
Tallahassee, FL
DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS?
My 14th novel, Honoring The Enemy [published in 2019]
won the Gold Medal for Popular Fiction from the FL Book Awards,
“the nation’s most comprehensive state book awards program …
established in 2006 to celebrate the best Florida literature.”
Get your copy if you don’t already have it!
CALUSA WATERKEEPER MEMBERS MEETING
>> have postponed this dinner event & my talk <<
Sunday, 04/19/20@ 6:30pm TO BE RESCHEDULED
Topic: “Taming the Inside Passage”
Join me for my presentation covering the story of how
the forerunner of the ICW was started among our islands
because of the Spanish-American War.
PRIVATE MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY [space is limited]
[book signing to follow discussion]
3061 E. Riverside Drive / Ft. Myers, FL 33916
Tel # 239-784-0880 to learn more & become a member
https://calusawaterkeeper.org/about/