Feb
20
Mon
Cracker Dinner – SWFL Historical Society
Feb 20 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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/

 

Feb
25
Sat
Charlotte Harbor Book Festival @ Military Heritage Museum {Punta Gorda, FL}
Feb 25 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda, FL is proud to have multi-award winning author, Robert N. Macomber, as Guest Speaker for their Reception!

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/

Author and avid historian, Robert N. Macomber, accompanies a group tour from Shell Point Retirement Community to the Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Feb
28
Tue
The Friends of Pine Island Library // Meet The Author
Feb 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Friends of the Pine Island Library welcome author & historian Robert N. Macomber back to their Meet The Author Luncheon.

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

Mar
2
Thu
Read Across America at Pine Island Elementary School
Mar 2 @ 9:45 am – 11:15 am
Lee County Library System in Southwest Florida

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!

Mar
7
Tue
Cape Coral Museum of History – Spring Lecture Series
Mar 7 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Cape Coral History Museum

 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. 

Mar
9
Thu
Shell Point Academy @ The Tribby ~ Ft. Myers, FL
Mar 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK POPULAR 
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
 

Thursday, March 9, 2023 

Topic: “OKHRANA: DISINFORMATION, DECEPTION, DISRUPTION, AND DEATH” 
A look into the dreaded Russian Imperial secret intelligence apparatus 
from 1881 to 1917, along with its foreign and domestic strategy and tactics 
which have been passed down for over a century to its modern descendant, 
the SVR. This is a world where nothing is as it seems…then and now. 

** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Centers] ** 
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908

~ Call 239-454-2272 for TICKET info ~ 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

PRIVATE ~ SARPA / Ft. Myers Chapter
Mar 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

SARPA 
{Senior and Retired Physicians Association / Ft. Myers Chapter} 
PowerPoint Presentation: “Theodore Roosevelt – The Summit” 
Private Dinner Meeting and Presentation
at Forest Country Club

Mar
13
Mon
Estero Island Historical Society @ Diamondhead Resort / Ft. Myers Beach, FL
Mar 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Estero Island Historical Society Meeting 
Monday, 03/13/23 @ 2pm 

** Held at Diamondhead Resort ** 
2000 Estero Blvd. / Ft. Myers Beach, FL 33931 

[Due to Hurricane Ian damage to the Ft. Myers Beach Library this event had to find a new home.] 

Call EIHS # 239-463-0435 for details 

Topic: “BLOOD MONEY: The Caribbean’s Crucial Role in the U.S. Civil War”  

http://www.esteroislandhistoricsociety.org/index.html

  * FREE FOR MEMBERS & DONATION SUGGESTED FOR NON-MEMBERS * 

 

Mar
28
Tue
Shell Point Academy @ The Tribby ~ Ft. Myers, FL
Mar 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK POPULAR 
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR 
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 

Topic: “THE BLOODY COUSINS WHO CREATED WORLD WAR I” 
The poignant story of three royal cousins—Tsar Nicholas II, Kaiser Wilhelm II, 
and King George V—descending from family rivalry into world war carnage, 
resulting in the grisly death for one, humiliating exile for another, 
and a lifelong guilty conscious for the last.

** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Centers] ** 
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908

~ Call 239-454-2272 for TICKET info ~ 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Apr
1
Sat
SW FL Reader Rendezvous [16th Annual] @ Torched Bar & Grill
Apr 1 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Get ready because you won’t want to miss this gathering … 
THE 16TH ANNUAL SW FL READER RENDEZVOUS 

 SAME TRADITION ~ NEW LOCATION 
 Time for Wakians to LAUNCH Full Naval Honors in proper style!! 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Are you ready to drink, dance and mingle again? 
Torched Bar & Grill has a great menu and tropical drinks! 
~ LIVE MUSIC TOO ~ 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023 
Time: 12 noon – 3pm 
Where: Torched Bar & Grill / 2408 Surfside Blvd. Cape Coral, FL 33991 
Contact: tel # 239-257-2870