![Macomber Tours on sailing ketch, Alondra, docked at Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island, FL](https://www.robertmacomber.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Alondra-exterior-64-KB-e1438707376353.jpg)
Macomber’s History Tour on Alondra
Saturday, 04/22/17 [1pm–5pm]
~ SOLD OUT ~
Alondra‘s port is the Tarpon Lodge docks
13771 Waterfront Dr. Bokeelia, FL 33922
http://www.PineIslandSailing.com
Tel # 239-233-3003 for details
(Six passengers maximum)
Theme: “Florida’s Crucial Role in the Spanish-American War”
Learn how this war changed the USA from a continental country
into a global power and how close we came to losing this war in Cuba.
Marvel at the fascinating personalities who led the way
and the related places of interest you can visit today.
This time in history changed Florida forever!
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![The Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society [www.cmcs-sail.org]](https://www.robertmacomber.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cmcs-logo.png)
I’ll be guest speaker for the CMCS general membership meeting, and
guests interested in sailing or in this club are welcome to their casual monthly social.
My topic: “Iron Men and Wooden Yachts”
… imagine being one of the first brave yachtsmen who ventured
into SW Florida during the 1880s and 1890s …
~ book sales & personal inscriptions to follow talk ~
Meetings are at 6:30pm on the third Tuesday of every month (except January)
http://www.cmcs-sail.org/
Cape Coral Yacht Club
5819 Driftwood Pkwy.
Cape Coral, FL 33904
![Shell Point Academy of Lifelong Learning presents author & lecturer Robert N. Macomber for a series of events.](https://www.robertmacomber.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/shellpoint-logo-e1458244285955.jpg)
SHELL POINT’S ACADEMY OF LIFELONG LEARNING
“CONFEDERATE GENERALS IN BLUE ~ 33 YEARS LATER”
A fascinating look at the story of how two of the most famous Confederate generals
helped bring America back together 33 years after the Civil War.
My Honor Series books will be available for sale,
and I’ll be pleased to sign your purchased copies.
** PUBLIC IS WELCOME / RESERVATIONS REQUIRED **
Where: Shell Point Retirement Community; Social Center on The Island
[Fort Myers, FL 33908]
Date: July 25th
When: 10:15am to 11:45am
Contact: Call tel # 239-489-8472 to reserve your spot
Cost: $10 per person