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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 ~ 

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

Pine Island Elementary School 
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY 
Thursday, 03/02/23 

I’ll be visiting two 4th Grade classrooms to read to the students 
in honor of READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY. 
This will be fun!

 SPRING LECTURE SERIES 
 Tuesday, March 7th  @ 5pm 
>> OPEN TO THE PUBLIC << 
[544 Cultural Park Blvd. Cape Coral, FL 33990] 
For more info, call 239-772-7037 

Topic: “The Great Escape” 
Join multi-award-winning author and internationally acclaimed lecturer, 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER  
for his PowerPoint presentation called “The Great Escape” 
which is the riveting tale of Confederate Secretary of State 
Judah P. Benjamin’s epic escape in 1865 to freedom through the islands of SW Florida.