SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Wednesday / March 19, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “INTO HARM’S WAY ~ FDR’s 1941 Spy Mission Against Japan
Just Days Before Pearl Harbor”
This is the first of my three programs in my “Unsung Heroes of WWII” lecture series.
Hear the amazing story of the U.S. Navy’s ill-fated presidential spy mission, in a sailing schooner, no less,
in early December 1941. Grasp the excitement of her incredible 82-day escape
through 5,000-miles of Japanese dominated islands and seas.
** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] **
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Thursday / April 3, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “DAVID vs GOLIATH ~ Cuba’s Astonishing 1943 Naval Victory Over Hitler’s Navy”
This is the 2nd of my three talks on “Unsung Heroes of WWII. Ask yourself: Cuba against Hitler?
Learn the fascinating story of how a small wooden Cuban Navy patrol boat,
with a crew newly trained by the U.S. Navy in Miami, actually located, fought,
and destroyed the Nazi U-boat which had been ravaging the Cuban coast in WWII.
** in the Grand Cypress Room [The Woodlands] **
14441 Woodsong Lane / Ft. Myers, FL 33908 **
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Freedom Plaza’s Graduate School for Seniors
~ Sun City Center, Florida ~
Saturday, 04/26/25
Time: 10am – 11:30am
** TOPIC: “The Great Escape” **
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Contact Ms. Cooper Tharrington or Suzy Burt
tel # 813-642-1215 / email: TharringtonCooper@freedomplazaFL.com
Call for more info & to RSVP!
In Support of My Church, PIUMC
Saturday, 05/10/25
10am – 11am
** A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **
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Topic: ” FROM SLAVES TO CITIZENS – FLORIDA’S FREEDMEN {1865-1872}
The remarkable story of how President Abraham Lincoln’s dream came true,
even after his assassination, where newly freed slaves would be
assimilated into society, with a focus on the Freedmen’s Bureau in Florida,
and the important role of the Methodist Church.
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Pine Island United Methodist Church Sanctuary
5701 Pine Island Rd., Bokeelia, FL 33922
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Donations to PIUMC gratefully accepted!
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Wednesday / May 14, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “THE U.S. NAVY’s FINAL WWII NAVAL BATTLE ~ Fought
on the Yangtze River in China in 1945 After Japan Surrendered!”
In this 3rd “Unsung Heroes of WWII” presentation, you’ll get some answers to questions like:
Did you know that thousands of American sailors fought the Japanese in the middle of China,
and that the final naval battle of WWII was fought under sail in China after Japan officially surrendered?
Here’s your chance to find out! This is the strange but true story of a little-known theater of combat,
the unsung heroes who manned it and fought the final battle of WWII – after the war was over.
** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] **
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Isles Yacht Club is hosting the FL Council of Yacht Clubs
and has invited author, sailor and lecturer
Robert N. Macomber to be their guest speaker
~ PRIVATE EVENT ~
Florida Council of Yacht Clubs
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Wednesday / July 23, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “A COAST GUARDSMAN’S VICTORY OVER
NAZI SABOTEURS IN AMERICA {1942}”
Learn how one young Coastguardsman foiled a deadly Nazi plot
for widespread sabotage in the USA.
** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] **
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Tuesday / August 19, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “RESISTING HITLER ~ GERMAN PASTORS PREACHING
THE MESSAGE OF JESUS {1935-1942}”
A gripping story about the German Pastors who taught Jesus’ message
and paid the horrific price; a study in true heroism.
** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] **
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
GUEST LECTURER & MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Tuesday / September 16, 2025
Tickets $15 per person
Call The Tribby Box Office 239-415-5667
or purchase online www.tribbyartscenter.com/boxoffice
Topic: “RESISTING HITLER ~ THE GERMAN MILITARY
PLOTS AGAINST HITLER {1944-1945}”
How did they try? How did they fail? And what was the result?
** in the Connie Brown Hall [The Tribby Arts Center] **
17281 On Par Blvd. / Ft. Myers, FL 33908
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC