I am happy to announce my availability to speak and offer programs throughout 2025.
Programs most often requested include the following: James Hanger — first Civil War amputee; United States Colored Troops; John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry; Brother fighting against brother; The 48 shot repeating rifle patented in 1861 by Lorenzo Sibert; The northernmost Confederate hospital at the Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg; Sarah Slater, the missing Lincoln Conspirator; Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard; Harriet Lane the original First Lady of Washington; The Trial of John Wilkes Booth; Little-Known Facts About the American Civil War, The Trial of Jefferson Davis, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, Assembling John Brown’s Freedom fighters, and others.
Here is what is on my calendar so far. I obviously am available for many other dates for the year.
Programs for 2025
JANUARY 2025
January 17 — 10 a.m. — St. Joseph’s School, Martinsburg, WV — Judge for Social Studies Fair
January 23 — 2 p.m. — Grove Family Library, 101 South Ragged Edge Road, Chambersburg, PA — Little Known Facts About the American Civil War
January 25 — 7 p.m. — Puskar Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV — Book Signing at WVU Baseball Banquet
FEBRUARY 2025
February 5 — 2:00 p.m. — Purcellville Library, Purcellville, Virginia — Book Writing and Becoming a Published Author
February 26 — 2:00 p.m. — Purcellville Library, Purcellville, Virginia — Abner Doubleday The Civil War General Who Did Not Invent Baseball PS
MARCH 2025
March 8 — 11:00 a.m. — Daughters of the Confederacy — time, venue, and topic TBA
March 12 — 7:00 p.m. — Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table, Camp Hill Methodist Church, Harpers Ferry, WV — The Trial of Colonel Dixon Miles
March 13 — Noon — Rotary Club of Martinsburg — Senior Center, Martinsburg, WV — Little Known Facts
March 18 — 10:30 a.m. — Institute for Retired Persons, Menno Haven Community Center, Chambersburg, PA — Abner Doubleday The Civil War General Who Did Not Invent Baseball
March 18 — 6 p.m. — Gettysburg Library, Gettysburg, PA — Abner Doubleday The Civil War General Who Did Not Invent Baseball
APRIL 2025
April 26 — 11-5 — Blue Ridge Arts and Crafts Show, Sam Michaels’ Park, Charles Town, West Virginia
MAY 2025
May 13 — 6 p.m. — Clarksburg Civil War Round Table, FOP 1422 Buckhannon Pike Nutter Fort, Clarksburg, WV — Assembling John Brown’s Freedom Fighters
May 17 — 10-5 — Virginia Wine Festival, downtown Front Royal, Virginia
May 19 — 7:00 p.m. — Keedysville Historical Society, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, North Main Street, Keedysville, MD — Assembling John Brown’s Freedom Fighters
May 30 & 31 — All day each day — Blue and Gray Reunion, Courthouse House Lawn, Philippi, WV
JUNE 2025
June 1 — 10-2 — Blue and Gray Reunion, Court House Lawn, Philippi, WV
June 13 — 7:00 p.m. — Meehan Memorial Public Library, 515 Main Street, Lansing, Iowa — Little Known Facts About the American Civil War
June 20 — 3 p.m. — Danville Public Library, Danville Library — Program to be determined
June 21-22 — all day each day — Lamon House, Lincoln Park, Danville, IL — Part of Arts in the Park — Appearance of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard and his wife, Sallie
JULY 2025
July 4-6 — All day each day — Gettysburg Reenactment, Daniel Lady farm on Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA
AUGUST 2025
August 9-10 — all day each day — Leitersburg Peach Festival, Leitersburg Fire Company Grounds, Leitersburg, MD
August 16-17 — all day each day — Augustoberfest, Washington County Ag Center, just north of Sharpsburg, MD
August 19 — 6 p.m. — Adams County Library, Gettysburg, PA — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
SEPTEMBER 2025
September 6 — 7 — all day each day — Boonesborough Days, Schafer Park, Boonsboro, MD
September 20 — 10-5 — Edinburg Ole Time Festival, Edinburg, Virginia — Author’s Tent
September 23 — 7 p.m. — Baltimore Civil War Round Table, Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Road, Parkville MD — Assembling John Brown’s Freedom Fighters
September 27 — 11-6 — Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills, MD.
OCTOBER 2025
October 10 — 7 p.m. — West Virginia Breeder’s Classic Gala, Bavarian Inn, Shepherdstown, WV — book signing
October 11 — 6 p.m. — West Virginia Breeder’s Classic Races, Charles Town Races & Slots, Charles Town, WV
NOVEMBER 2025
November 7-9 – Fri. 11-7, Sat. 11-7, Sun. 11-4 – Mountaineer Week Arts and Craft Show, Mountainlair, University Avenue on the campus of West Virginia University
November 13 — Gilmer Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Baltimore Historical Society, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville, MD — Lorenzo Seibert’s 48 Shot Repeating Rifle
November 22 — 10-4 — Chriskindlmart — Union Mills, MD
DECEMBER 2025
December 6 & 7 — 9-5 each day — Olde Tyme Christmas at Harpers Ferry National Park — Harpers Ferry Bookshop
December 13 & 14 — 9-5 each day — Olde Tyme Christmas at Harpers Ferry National Park — Harpers Ferry Bookshop
December 31 — times to be announced — Virginia First Night, Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, VA — Ward Hill Lamon program
Programs for 2024
JANUARY 2024
January 12 – 8:30 a.m. Judge at Social Studies Fair, St. Mary’s School, Martinsburg, WV
January 20 – 2 p.m. – Thurmont Public Library, Thurmont, MD – Topic – Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator
FEBRUARY 2024
February 10 – 2 p.m. – Thurmont Public Library, Thurmont, MD – Topic – United States Colored Troops
MARCH 2024
March 14 – 10:30 a.m. – Institute of Retired Persons – Menno Haven Retirement Community Center – Chambersburg, PA – Topic – Little Known Facts of the American Civil War – Part II
March 16 – 11:00 a.m. – Daughters of the Confederacy – Anchor Bar, Frederick, MD – Topic – Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator
APRIL 2024
April 16 – 10:30 a.m. – Institute of Retired Persons – Personal appearance of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard
April 18 – 7 p.m. – Hershey Civil War Round Table, meeting at Vietnam Veterans of America, 8000 Derry Street, Harrisburg, PA – Topic – Sarah Slater
April 27 – 11-5 – Blue Ridge Arts and Crafts Festival, Sam Michaels Park, Harpers Ferry, WV
MAY 2024
May 4 — 9-5, Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
May 11 –11 – 6 — Belle Grove Beer Festival — Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia
May 18 – All day – Virginia Wine Festival, down town streets of Front Royal, Virginia
May 31 – Blue and Gray Reunion, downtown Philippi, Virginia
JUNE 2024
June 1-2 – all day each day – Blue and Gray Reunion, downtown Philippi – booth on the courthouse lawn
June 13 — 1 p.m. — Meehan Memorial Library — Lansing, Iowa — Little Known Facts of the American Civil War
June 14 — 10 a.m. — Watertown Public Library — Watertown Wisc. — Ward Hill Lamon impersonation
June 21 — 3 p.m. — Danville Library, Danville, IL — program to be determined
June 22-23 — 10-5 Saturday, noon-5 Sunday, Lamon House, Danville, Illinois
June 29 – all day – Corbett’s Charge, Emerald Hill, downtown, Westminster, Maryland
JULY 2024
July 6 -7 – all day both days – 161st Reenactment of the battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA
July 24 — 7 p.m. — Library, Lansing, Iowa — Topic to be determined
AUGUST 2024
August 10 – 11 – all day each day – Leitersburg Peach Festival, fire company grounds, Leitersburg, MD
August 17-18 – all day each day – Augustoberfest, Washington County Ag Center south of Tilghmanton, MD
August 31 — all day – Charles Town Car Show, booth in the first block of S. Lawrence Street, Charles Town, WV
SEPTEMBER 2024
September 7-8 – all day both days – Boonsboro Days, Shaeffer Park, Boonsboro, MD, booth next to the back bridge in the back of the park
September 10 — 9:30 a.m. WEPM radio interview
September 14 — 11-5 — Maryland Wine Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, Maryland
September 28 – 11-6 – Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills, Maryland RAINED OUT
OCTOBER 2024
October 8 — 10:30 — Institute of Retired Persons — Chambersburg, PA — Assembling John Brown’s Freedom Fighters
October 10 – 5 -10 p.m. – West Virginia Breeders Classic Gala, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, book signing
October 11 — 12:30 p.m. –Fifth grade classes at Loudoun County Day School, Leesburg, Virginia
October 12 – 7-10 p.m. – West Virginia Breeders Classic races, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, book signing at lower entrance of dining room
October 25 — 6:30 p.m. — Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, Homewood Suites at the Valley Mall, Hagerstown, Maryland, Program: Assembling John Brown’s Freedom Fighters
NOVEMBER 2024
November 15-17 – Fri. 11-7, Sat. 11-7, Sun. 11-4 – Mountaineer Week Arts and Craft Show, Mountainlair, University Avenue on the campus of West Virginia University
November 21 — 7 p.m. — Middleway Historical Society, Ruritan Park, State Line, PA — Abner Doubleday program
November 23 – 11-4 – Christkindlemarkt, Union Mills Homestead, Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD
DECEMBER 2024
December 7-8 – 9 – 5 each day — Olde Tyme Christmas, Harpers Ferry National Park bookshop, HFNHP, Harpers Ferry, WV
December 14-15 – 9 – 5 each day — Olde Tyme Christmas, Harpers Ferry National Park bookshop, HFNHP, Harpers Ferry, WV
Programs for 2023
JANUARY 2023
January 18 — 11:30 a.m. — Brambleton Library, Brambleton, VA — Program — Little Known Facts About the Civil War
January 20 — 12 noon — St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 10813 Donelson Drive, Williamsport, MD — Historical Impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard
FEBRUARY 2023
February 1 — 7 p.m. — Purcellville Library, 2220 E. Main Street, Purcellville, VA — Program — Excerpts from the Diaries of Civil War Soldiers
February 8 — 11:30 a.m. — Lovettesville Library, 12 N. Light Street. Lovettesville, VA — Program — Little Known Facts about the American Civil War
February 15 — 2 p.m. — Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Pl., Potomac Falls, VA — Excerpts from the Diaries of Civil War Soldiers
February 16 — 2 p.m. — Menno Haven Sr. Center, Chambersburg, PA — Little-Known Facts About the Civil War
February 17 — 11 a.m. — Leesburg Senior Center, 102 North Street, NW, Leesburg, VA — United States Colored Troops
February 18 — 4 p.m. — Wesley Culp Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans — Daniel Lady Farm — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
February 21 — 1 p.m. — Carver Sr. Center, 200 Willie Palmer Way, Purcellville, VA — U. S. Colored Troops
February 21 — 7 p.m. — South Mountain Relic Hunters Club — Williamsport Community Park Community Building — Program: Sarah Slater
MARCH 2023
March 21 — 7:00 p.m. Mason Dixon Civil War Round Table, old Drummond Chapel, Suncrest United Methodist Church, 479 Van Voorhis Road, Morgantown, WV — Program TBA
March 22 — 7:00 p.m. Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table, Carroll Non-Profit Center, 255 Clifton Blvd., Westminster, MD — Program — Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator
APRIL 2023
April 12 — 7 p.m. — Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Rd. NW, Leesburg, VA — Program — The Trial of Jefferson Davis
April 18 — 7 p.m. — Beaver County Heritage Museum, 1 River Road, Beaver, PA — Program — Historical Impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s Bodyguard
April 19 — 6 p.m. — Tour of the Murphy Farm part of HFNHP — limited to 30 persons — Registration required — see FB page of Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table
April 24 — 1:00 — Local Homeschoolers Group, Morgan Grove Park, Shepherdstown — Program — Little Known Facts
MAY 2023
May 3 — 7 p.m. — Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Rd. NW, Leesburg, VA — Program — Little Known Facts about the American Civil War
May 13-14 — 10-5 each day — Civil War event commemorating the Jackson Raid — Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, in conjunction with the WV American Heritage event– Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV — May 13 — Ward Hill Lamon Program @ 11:00 am — May 14 — James Hanger presentation @ noon
May 16 — 10 p.m. EASTERN TIME — Los Angeles Civil War Round Table, via zoom — Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81408457057 — Sarah Slater, Missing Lincoln Conspirator
May 20 — all day — Virginia Wine Festival, downtown Front Royal, Virginia
May 26 — Noon — NARFE meeting, Boyce volunteer Fire Hall, Boyce, Virginia — Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator
JUNE 2023
June 2-3-4 — all day each day — Blue and Gray Reunion, downtown, courthouse lawn, Philippi, WV — also 9:00 a.m. Program on Friday — Courtroom, Barbour County Courthouse — Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger — FREE
June 10 — 12-8 — Quad State Wine Festival, Washington Co. Ag Center Grounds, just south of Hagerstown, MD
June 15 — 7 p.m. — Cascade Library, 21030 Whitfield Pl., Potomac Falls, VA — Program — How to get your book published
June 17 — all day — West Virginia Fest — downtown Charles Town
June 20 — 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Madison, Virginia — Greatest Gun of the Ages
June 23 — Noon — NARFE meeting, Boyce Volunteer Fire Hall, Boyce, VA — The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger
June 29 –4-8 p.m. — 160th Anniversary of Corbitt’s Charge, City Hall, 1838 Emerald Hill Lane, Westminster, MD
June 30 — all day — 160th Anniversary — Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA
JULY 2023
July 1-2 — all day each day — 160th Anniversary — Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA
July 17 — 7 p.m. — Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table, Hampton Township Community Center, 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, PA — Historical impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
July 22 — 9-3 — Harmony Church “Christmas in July”, Falling Waters, WV
AUGUST 2023
August 12 -13 — all day each day — Leitersburg Peach Festival, fire company grounds, Leitersburg, MD
August 19-20 — all day each day — Augustoberfest — Washington County Agriculture Center south of Hagerstown
August 22 — 5:30 p.m. — Boonsboro Library, Boonsboro, MD – Free presentation for the Boonsboro Historical Society — Presentation: “Boonsboro Environs”
August 25 — evening — book signing at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races — “The History of the West Virginia Breeder’s Classic — 1987 to Present”
SEPTEMBER 2023
September 2 — 10-3 — Charles Town Car Show — Downtown Charles Town, WV — Book booth in 100 block of South Lawrence Street
September 9 & 10 — all day each day — Boonesborough Days, Schaffer Park, Boonsboro, MD — Booth #98
September 14 — 2 p.m. Dixon Public Library, 21 S. Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, IL — Program — 105th Illinois Infantry who trained in Dixon
September 15 — 4-6 p.m. Book signing at Books on First, 202 W. First Street, Dixon, Illinois
September 30 — 11-6 — Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills, MD
OCTOBER 2023
October 4 — 2:00 — Walking Tour of Charles Town with IRP of Chambersburg
October 4 — 7:00 — Sons of Confederate Veterans — Sharpsburg, MD camp — Moose Lodge, Williamsport, MD — Trial of Jefferson Davis
October 5 — 6:30 — History 101 for Mainstreet Mt. Airy, MD — Mt. Airy Library — Sarah Slater, Missing Lincoln Conspirator
October 7 — 9 a.m. — Methodist Men’s Breakfast– Methodist Church — 210 E. Main Street, Berryville, VA — The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier
October 13 — site and time TBA — West Virginia Breeder’s Classic Gala — book signing of “The History of the West Virginia Breeder’s Classic — 1987 to Present”
October 14 — 7 p.m. — Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races — West Virginia Breeder’s Classic — book signing of “The History of the West Virginia Breeder’s Classic — 1987 to Present”
October 17 — 6:30 p.m. Priest Field Pastoral Center – “Priest Field and the Colonial Founding of the American Catholic Church”
October 21 & 22 — all day each day Cedar Creek Battle Reenactment, Middletown, VA — Books set up in Speakers Tent
October 28 — 11-6 — Downtown Martinsburg Mainstreet Food Truck event
NOVEMBER 2023
November 18 — 11-4 — Christkindelmart, Union Mills MD
DECEMBER 2023
Dec. 2-3 — 10-5 — Old Tyme Christmas at Harpers Ferry Park Association bookstore
Dec. 9-10 — 10-5 — Old Tyme Christmas at Harpers Ferry Association bookstore
December 31 — time and location TBA — First Night Virginia, Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, VA — Historical impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
Programs for 2022
JANUARY 2022
January 20 — Frederick Civil War Round Table, Zoom Program — Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator
FEBRUARY 2022
February 16 — 7 p.m. — Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, Virginia — Program — The United States Colored Troops
February 21 — 7 p.m. — Keedysville Historical Society — St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 53 N. Main Street, Keedysville, Maryland — Program — First person impersonation of Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon
February 23 — 7 p.m. — Purcellville Library, 220 E. Main Street, Purcellville, Virginia — Program — Lincoln’s bodyguard
February 24 — 1 p.m. — Ashburn Senior Center, 20880 Marblehead Dr., Ashburn, VA — Program — United States Colored Troops from Loudoun County
MARCH 2022
March 3 — 7 p.m. — Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road, NW, Leesburg, Virginia — Program — The Black Raiders of John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
March 8 — 12:30 p.m. — Hancock Rotary, American Legion, 240 East Main Street, Hancock, MD — Program — James Hanger, The Civil War’s first amputee
March 18 — 5:30 pm — Craik-Patton House, Charleston, WV — private reception and talk about the US Colored Troops, by invitation only. As part of the Seventeen Men exhibit at the historic house.
APRIL 2022
April 1 — 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. — Craft Fair, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland
April 7 — 7 p.m. — Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, Virginia — Program — Sarah Slater, The Missing Lincoln Conspirator
April 8 — 5:30 p.m. — Republican Lincoln Day Dinner — Holiday Inn, 301 Foxcroft Avenue, Martinsburg, WV — Living History program by Ward Hill Lamon — ticket required
April 9 — 9-5 — Author event on parking lot behind Fuzzy Dog Books and Music, Charles Town
April 11 — 9 a.m. — Institute of Retired Persons — Zoom presentation — Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
April 13 — 7 p.m. — Cleveland Civil War Round Table, Holiday Inn Independence, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio — Program — Sarah Slater, The Missing Lincoln Conspirator
April 23 & 24 — all day each day — Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA — Reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh
April 27 — 9 a.m. — Institute of Retired Persons — Zoom Presentation — The Trial of Jefferson Davis
April 30 — all day — Jackson’s Raid event, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV — presentation, 10:00 a.m. Historical impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon
MAY 2022
May 1 — all day — Jackson’s Raid event, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV — presentation Brother Against Brother — time TBA
May 5 — 2 p.m. — Grove Family Library — Fayetteville, PA — presentation Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
May 14 — TBA — Frankling County Visitors Center, on the square, Chambersburg, PA — Harriet Lane tea and presentation
May 18 — 7:30 p.m. — Fredericksburg Civil War Round Table, Rappahannock Grand Ballroom at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center of the University of Mary Washington, 1119 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. presentation — The Trial of Jefferson Davis
May 21 — all day — Wine Festival located in the downtown streets of Front Royal, Virginia
May 28 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, book signing, 778 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA
JUNE 2022
June 2 – 5 — Blue and Gray Reunion — Philippi, West Virginia — presentation Thursday evening 7:30 about James Hanger, children’s day event on Friday, book tent sales and signing located on the grounds of the Barbour County Courthouse Friday-Sunday
June 8 — 7 p.m. — Henry Gilmor Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans, Baltimore County Historical Society, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville, Maryland — presentation — The Trial of Jefferson Davis
June 9 — 6 p.m. — Boonsboro Public Library, Boonsboro, Maryland — presentation The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859
June 16 — 7 p.m. — Middleburg Historical Society, Ruritan Building, State Line, PA — presentation — The Trial of John Wilkes Booth and The Trial of Jefferson Davis
June 18 — 10 – 3 p.m. — West Virginia Fest, Washington Street, downtown Charles Town, WV
June 19 — all day — Juneteenth Program — Rockland Estate, 9030 Sharpsburg Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland — Program — The Black Raiders of the John Brown Raid
June 24 — 3 p.m. — Danville Public Library, 319 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, Illinois — Presentation — Sarah Slater, The Missing Lincoln Conspirator
June 25 & 26 — all day, both days — Arts in the Park, Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois — Ward Hill Lamon appearance at the Lamon House
JULY 2022
July 1 & 2 — all day both days — Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA — Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg
July 9 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, book signing, 778 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA
July 16 — 9-2 p.m. — Ice Cream Social — Blue Ridge-Summit Public Library, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA
July 23 — 9 – 5 p.m. — Book signing of children’s books with illustrator Sheena Hisiro at the Gettysburg Tour Center, 778 Baltimore, Street, Gettysburg, PA
AUGUST 2022
August 5 — 11 a.m. — Ashby Ponds, 21170 Ashby Ponds Blvd, Ashburn, Virginia — Program about Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s Bodyguard
August 6 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, book signing, 778 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA
August 13 & 14 — all day both days — Leitersburg Peach Festival, Fire Company grounds, Leitersburg, Maryland
August 20 & 21 — all day both days — Augustoberfest — Washington County Ag Center, Rt. 65 South of Hagerstown, MD
SEPTEMBER 2022
September 3 — all day — Charles Town Car Show, downtown Charles Town, booth on the first block of South Lawrence Street
September 10 & 11 — all day both days — Boonsborough Days, Schaefer Park, Boonsboro, Maryland + Booth #98
September 15 — 7 p.m. Middleburg/Mason Dixon Line Historical Society — State Line Ruritan Bldg. — “A House Divided Against Itself” ILL DID NOT ATTEND
September 16 — Noon — St. Andrew’s Church, Williamsport, Maryland — historical interpretation of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard NOTE: This program has been changed to January 20, 2023 — same time, same location)
September 17 & 18 — 8:30 – 5 both days– Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA — 160th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Antietam ILL DID NOT ATTEND
September 24 — 11-6 — Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills Homestead, Union Mill’s Maryland
OCTOBER 2022
October 1 — 12:30 – 9:30 Age 21 and over only with ID. Admission required. Saturday — Quad State Beer Festival, Washington County Ag Center grounds south of Hagerstown, Maryland
October 4 — 10 a.m. — Loudoun County Day School, Leesburg — Civil War program for fifth graders
October 8 & 9 — 9 – 5 both days — Catoctin Colorfest, Catoctin, Maryland
October 15 & 16 — all day both days — Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival, Fairgrounds, Martinsburg, WV
October 20 — 7 p.m. — Lancaster History Museum, Lancaster, PA. — Program: Harriet Lane — available live in person and on zoom
October 22 — noon — United Daughters of the Confederacy — Twin Arch Tavern Restaurant, New Market, Maryland — Program — The Trial of Jefferson Davis
NOVEMBER 2022
November 5 — 8 am – 2 pm — Craft Show — Harvest Church Bazaar, Falling Waters, WV
November 19 — 9-6 — Christkindlemart — Union Mills Homestead, Union Mills, Maryland
DECEMBER 2022
December 3 & 4 — 10-6 each day — Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme Christmas, High Street, Harpers Ferry — at HF Park Association bookstore
December 7 — 11-4- all day — Fort Detrick Christmas Craft Show, Fort Detrick, Maryland
December 10 & 11 — 10-6 each day — Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme Christmas, High Street, Harpers Ferry — at HF Park Association bookstore
December 31 — Times TBA — First Night Virginia, Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia — historical impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard EVENT CANCELLED
Programs for 2021
July 13 — 6 p.m. Brother’s Pizza in Charles Town, WV. Program for the members of the Charles Town Men’s Book Club
July 24 — 11 a. m. — Program about Sarah Slater, The Missing Lincoln Conspirator for the members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy — at Twin Arch Tavern in Mt. Airy
July 28 — 9:30 a.m. — Panhandle Live — radio program on WEPM in Martinsburg. Topic Civil War
AUGUST
August 3 — 7:00 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans — Sharpsburg Town Hall, second floor. Program about Confederate Hospital at the Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg.
August 11 — 6:30 p.m. Ferryville, Wisconsin Town Hall — Program about Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator for anyone who would like to attend. Free. Sponsored by the Ferryville Tourism Committee.
August 12 — 6:30 p.m. Public Library in Lansing, Iowa — Program about Confederate Hospital at the Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg. Free. Open to anyone who would like to attend.
August 15 — 3:00 p.m. Public Library, Summit Point, WV. Discussion of two books about Summit Point native Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s personal bodyguard
August 20 — 2 p.m. Program about Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard, at the Menno Haven home in Chambersburg, PA. Available to residents only.
August 28 — 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. Book signing at Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA.
SEPTEMBER
September 4 — all day — Charles Town Car Show, downtown Charles Town, WV. Free and open to the public
September 11 & 12 — All day each day. Boonsborough Days, Boonsboro, Maryland. Shafer Park. Free and open to everyone.
September 14 — 6:00 p.m. Charles Town Book Club, Brother’s Pizza. Discussion of A House Divided Against Itself.
September 15 — 11 a.m. Program for Home School group at Shepherdstown Memorial Park
September 16 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
September 16 — 7 p.m. — Philip Kearney Civil War Round Table, Hasbrouck Heights Municipal Building, Woodland Park, New Jersey Program about Sarah Slater, the Missing Lincoln Conspirator. Zoom presentation. Open to the public.
September 18 – 19 — all day each day — Daniel Lady Farm, Gettysburg, PA Reenactment of the Battle of Antietam. Sponsored by Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. Admission fee
September 20 — 10:00 a.m. Zoom presentation for Institute of Retired Persons about Lorenzo Sibert’s 48 shot repeating rifle
September 23 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
September 25 — all day — Maryland Microbrewery Festival. Union Mills, Maryland — Admission fee.
September 30 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
October 5 — Noon — Staunton Rotary Club meeting, 851 Statler Blvd. , Fisher Automotive Complex, Stanton. Open to Rotary members and guests. Program about Lorenzo Sibert’s 48 Shot Repeating Rifle.
October 7 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
October 9 & 10 — All day both days — Catoctin Colorfest, Community Park, Thurmont Maryland. Admission is free.
October 14 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
October 16 & 17 — all day each day — Mt. State Apple Harvest Festival, Berkeley County Fairgrounds. Admission fee
October 21 — 9 a.m. Lifelong learning — Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV — Why We Still Need to Study the American Civil War. Open to those who paid to attend the classes.
October 21 — 7 p.m. — Middleway Historical Society, State Line, PA. Program Sarah Slater The Missing Lincoln Conspirator
November 1 — 7:00 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alexandria, VA at Lyceum — Topic — TBA
November 2 — 10:00 a.m. Zoom presentation for the Institute of Retired Persons on the trial series, the trials of John Wilkes Booth, Jefferson Davis, and Nathan Bedford Forrest
November 6 — all day — Quad State Wine Festival — Washington county Ag Center, Hagerstown, MD. Admission fee
November 9 — Cumberland Valley Civil War Round Table, Chambersburg, PA Meeting room upstairs in Franklin Fire Company at 158 W. King St. Topic TBA. Open to the public.
November 23 — 7 p.m. — Baltimore Civil War Round Table, Zoom program about Sarah Slater the missing Lincoln Conspirator.
December 4 & 5, 11 & 12 — 10-4 each day — Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme Christmas, front patio of the Town’s Inn, Harpers Ferry, WV
PROGRAMS FOR 2020
January 2020
15 – 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
17 – 2 – Menno Haven, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania – Program “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg”
29 – Noon – Hagerstown Rotary, 28 South Restaurant, Hagerstown, MD – Program “Little Known Civil War Facts
February 2020
8 – 1 p.m. – Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA Program – First person impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard — Fee required
12 – 7:30 Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table, Wesley United Methodist Church, 601 E. Washington Street, Harpers Ferry, WV Program — First person impersonation of Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
19 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
March 2020
16 – 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
18 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
20 – 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
23 — 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
30 — 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
April 2020
13 — 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
15 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
17 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
18 – 11-6 — Quad State BBQ Festival, Ag Center, Hagerstown, MD
20 — 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
25 — 9-4 — WV Book Faire & Chocolatefest, Martinsburg, WV
27 — 9 – 10:30 Lifelong Learning, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Research for Writing Historical Fiction – Tuition required
May 2020
2 & 3 – All Day – Jackson’s Raid Commemoration, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV – Presentations – tba
6 – 7 p.m. – Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sharpsburg Library, 2nd floor, Sharpsburg, MD – Presentation – tba
8 — 11 a.m. — Homeschoolers program — Morgan Grve Park, Shepherdstown, WV
13 – 10:30 – OASIS, Montgomery Mall, Gaithersburg, MD – Presentation – “Little Known Facts About the Civil War”
15 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
16 – All Day – Front Royal Wine Festival, downtown Front Royal, Virginia
20 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
June 2020
4, 5, 6 & 7 – tba – Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV – June 4 program – 7 p.m. Courtroom of Barbour County Courthouse – “Writing Historical Fiction” – June 5,6, and 7 – Courthouse Lawn
17 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
19 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
26 – 3 p.m. – Danville Public Library, Danville, IL – Presentation – “Recollections of Michael Minnihan of the 105th Illinois Infantry”
27 & 28 – Saturday 10-5, Sunday noon-5 – Arts in the Park, Lamon House, Lincoln Park, Danville, IL – Impersonation 0f Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard
July 2020
4 & 5 – All Day both days – Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Lady Farm, Hanover Road, Gettysburg, PA
15 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
17 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
18 – 9-2 – Blue Ridge-Summit Library Ice Cream Social, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA
18 – 6-8 – Burning of Chambersburg, Visitor’s Center, on the square, Chambersburg, PA
August 2020
8 & 9 – All day both days – Leitersburg Peach festival, fire company rounds, Leitersburg, MD
12 – 7 p.m. – Ferryville Chitagua Speaker Series, Town Hall, Ferryville, Wisconsin – Presentation – tba
13 – 7 p.m. – Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library, 515 Main Street, Lansing, Iowa – Presentation – tba
15 & 16 – All day both days – Augustoberfest – downtown Hagerstown, Maryland
21 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
September 2020
8 – 7 p.m. – Stonewall Jackson Civil War Round Table, Eat N Park, Clarksburg, WV – Presentation “John Brown”
12 & 13 – 9-5 each day – Boonesborough Days, Shafer Park, Boonsboro, Maryland
18 — 7:30-2:30 – Book signing, Martinsburg Veterans administration Hospital cafeteria
October 2020
3 – 11-6 – Quad State Beer Festival, Ag Center, Hagerstown, Maryland
10 & 11 – 9-5 each day – Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, Maryland
21 — 9:30 – Panhandle Live radio program – WEPM radio, Martinsburg, WV
November 2020
7 – 8-2 – Harvest Church Bazaar, Falling Waters, WV
December 2020
PROGRAMS FOR 2019
January
3 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Dr. Tom Clemens, Antietam Part I
10 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Dr. Tom Clemens, Antietam Part II
16 – 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
17 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Scot Mingus, The Burning of the Wrightsville Bridge
18 – 11:30 – Trinity Episcopal Church, Shepherdstown, WV – Topic – Local Civil War research
24 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Scot Mingus, Jubal Early’s Capturing of York
29 – Noon – Waynesboro Rotary Club, Waynesboro Country Club, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania – program – Ward Hill Lamon
31 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Bob Zeller, Civil War Photography Part I
February
7 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Bob Zeller, Civil War Photography Part II
7 Noon — Martinsburg Rotary Club, Holiday Inn, Martinsburg, WV
12 Noon – Kiwanis Club of Lake City, Florida at the Women’s Club on Hernando Street – Little Known Facts about the Civil War
12 5:00 Reception by the Blue and Gray Army — First Federal Bank, 4705 W. U.S. 90, Lake City, Florida
13 2:30 — Assembly, Ephiphany Catholic School, Lake City, Florida
14 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Mantha Young, Olustee Reenactment and Festival
14 Noon — Lake City Rotary Club, Lake City, Florida — Topic — Civil War Trivia
15,16, 17 – all day, each day — Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee, Lake City, Florida
19 – 7 p.m. – Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland – Topic – United States Colored Troops
20 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
21 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Joan Cashin, War Stuff, a conversation about the effect the war had on the ordinary citizen
21 – 7 p.m. – Boonsboro Library, Boonsboro, Maryland – Topic – United States Colored Troops
22 7 p.m. — Hancock Library, Hancock, Maryland — Topic –United States Colored Troops
23 – 2 – Purcellville Library, Purcellville, Virginia – program – United States Colored Troops
28 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Elizabeth Parnicza, Battle of the Wilderness
March
1 2:30 Assembly of the 5th graders – TA Lowery Elementary School, Charles Town, WV – appearance by Ward Hill Lamon
7 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Elizabeth Parnicza, The Looting of Fredericksburg
11 — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
14 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Jonathan Noyas, African Americans in the Shenandoah Valley
14 — 7 p.m. — California University of Pennsylvania, Civil War Round Table, Kara Alumni Building, California, Pennsylvania — Topic — John Brown
15 – 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
16 – all day – Civil War appreciation event, Chambersburg Visitors Center, downtown — Talk — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
18 — — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
19 – 7 p.m. – Smithsburg Library, Smithsburg, Maryland – Topic – United States Colored Troops
20 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
21 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Jonathan Noyas, The Battle of Cool Spring
21 – 7 p.m. – Middleburg Historical Society, State Line, PA – Program – Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
25 — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
27 – 7 p.m. – Fredericksburg Civil War Round Table, University of Mary Washington, 1119 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia – Program – James Hanger, first Civil War amputee
28 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Dave Goetz, Mosby/Lincoln Conspiracy
April
1 — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
4 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – p guest and topic — Samantha Seiple, Louisa May Alcott and the Civil War
4 – 7 p.m. – Hamilton Civil War Round Table, Hamilton Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Drive, Hamilton, NJ – Program – James Hanger, first Civil War amputee
8 — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
11 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic – Peter Carmichael, The War for the Common Soldier
15 — 1:30 – 3:00 — Lifelong Learning Class, Room 164, Robert C. Byrd Center, Shepherd University — A Concise and Unique Look at the American Civil War — registration required
17 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
18 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — Steve Phan, Defense of Washington
19 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
20 — 11-7 — BBQ Festival, Washington County Ag Center, south of Hagerstown, Maryland
25 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic – Frank Surdu, Cycloramas
26 — 11:30 a.m. — Private luncheon — Purple Iris, Martinsburg, WV Program — “Little Known Facts About the American Civil War”
27 – 9-4 – WV Book Faire and Chocolate Festival – Martinsburg, WV
May
2 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic — David Welker, The Battle of Chantilly
9 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – National Park Historian John Heiser, The Camp Letterman Hospital at Gettysburg
15 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
16 “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” podcast – Today’s guest and topic – Dr. Jon Willen, Dr. Leale, Lincoln’s doctor at Ford’s Theater
17 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
18 – 9-5 – Front Royal Wine Festival, downtown Front Royal, Virginia
25 & 26 – 9-5 – Gettysburg BBQ Festival, Rt. 15 at Rt. 30, Gettysburg, PA
29 — 7 p.m. — Barbour County Courthouse, courtroom, Philippi, WV – “Secrets of Writing Civil War Books”
31 – all day — Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV – grounds of the courthouse downtown
June
1 & 2 – all day – Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV – grounds of the courthouse downtown
7 – 4-10 – Interstate Blues Festival, Ag Center south of Hagerstown, Maryland
8 – 11-7 – International Wine Festival, Ag Center south of Hagerstown, Maryland
12 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
14 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
21 – 3 p.m. – Danville Public Library, Danville, Illinois – Program – Denis Hart Mahan Military Tactics Instructor at West Point
22 & 23 – all day, both days – Arts in the Park, Lamon House, Lincoln, Park Danville, Illinois – appearance of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard
29 1:30 p.m. — Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table commemoration of Corbett’s Charge, Westminster, MD — Topic — Brother Fighting Against Brother
July
17 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
19 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
20 –9-2 – Blue Ridge-Summit Library Ice Cream Social, Blue Ridge- Summit, Pennsylvania and 6-8 p.m. – Burning of Chambersburg, on the Square, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
24 — 7 p.m. — Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table, Carroll Lutheran Village, Westminster, MD — Topic — Dennis Hart Mahan, Military Tactics Instructor at West Point
August
3 — 2 p.m. — Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA — Topic — James Hanger
10 & 11 – 9-5 both days – Leitersburg Peach Festival, Leitersburg, Maryland
14 – 8 p.m. – Sugar Creek Park Pavilion, Ferryville, Wisconsin – Program – Dennis Hart Mahan, West Point Instructor of Military Tactics
15 – 7 p.m. – Lansing Public Library, Lansing, Iowa – Program — Brother against Brother
17 & 18 – 9-5 both days — Augustoberfest, Hagerstown, Maryland
20 — 7 p.m. — Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table, The Village at the Heritage Center, Morgantown, WV
23 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
24– 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA — Book signing
31 – 11-7 — WV BBQ Festival, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, Charles Town, WV
September
7 & 8 – all day, both days – Boonesborough Days, Boonsboro, Maryland
14 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA — book signing
17 — 7 p.m. — Historical Society of Shenandoah County, Edinburg, Virginia — Daniel Lady Farm
18 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
20 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
21 — 9-5 — Beer festival, Front Royal, Virginia
28 – 11-6 – Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills Homestead, Union Mills, Maryland
October
5 — 11-6 — Interstate Beer Festival, Ag Center, south of Hagerstown, MD
7 — 5:30 p.m. — Pilots group, Holiday Inn, Martinsburg — talk –Little Known Civil War Facts
8 — Noon — Rotary Club of Staunton, Virginia — talk–Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
12 & 13 – 9-5 both days, Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, Maryland
17 — 10:30 a.m. — Institute of Retired Persons, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania — Dennis Hart Mahan Military Tactics Instructor at West Point
18 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
19 — 2-4 — Martin Delaney Program, Chambersburg Visitors Center on the Square, Chambersburg, PA.
20 — noon — Cedar Creek reenactment, Middletown, Virginia, presentation tent — presentation, Brother Against Brother
26 — 11 a.m. — United Daughters of the Confederacy, Ragin Reef Restaurant, 506 E. Church Street, Frederick, MD — Topc — Brother Against Brother
November
2 8-2 – Harvest Baptist Church Bazaar, Falling Waters, WV
9 — 5 p.m. — Marine Corps League, Clear Spring, MD — Marine Corps Birthday Commemoration — talk — John Brown
12 — DC Civil War Round Table, Fort Myers — Ward Hill Lamon
15 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
19 — 7 p.m. – Sons of Confederate Veterans, Madison, Virginia — talk — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
20 — 11-5 — Fort Detrick Christmas Show, Frederick, MD
27 — 9:30 a.m. Panhandle Live radio program on WEPM, Martinsburg
30 & December 1 – all day, both days – Charles Town Christmas Marketplace, Charles Washington Hall, Charles Town, WV
December
1 — all day — Charles Town Christmas Marketplace, Charles Washington Hall, Charles Town, WV
6 — 2 p.m. — Memlo Park Assisted Living, Chambersburg, PA — talk — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
20 — 8:00 – 2:30 – Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, West Virginia — Book signing
31 — tba — First Night Charlottesville, Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia
PROGRAMS FOR 2018
January
4 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Eric Buckland – Colonel John Singleton Mosby and his raiders
10 – 6:30 p.m. – Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table, Camp Hill Wesley UMC Church, 601 E. Washington Street, Harpers Ferry – “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg”
11 – Noon – Winchester Rotary Club, Winchester, VA – meeting at Winchester Country Club, 1300 Senseny Road, Winchester. “James Hanger”
11 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play – Guest and Topic — Eric Buckland – Part II — Colonel John Singleton Mosby and his raiders
18 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play – Cody Gray – Jim Schmick, in defense of Harrisburg, PA in June 1863
24 — Noon — Clarke County Rotary, Presbyterian Church, Berryville, Virginia — Program — The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger
25 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play – Guest and Topic — Tony Horowitz – Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the iconic Civl War book “Confederates in the Attic”
February
1 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play – Guest and Topic — Charles Hawley Sr. – 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
3 – 11 a.m. – Miller House, 135 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD — Black History Month program — The Niagara Movement
8 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play – Guest and Topic — Charles Hawley Sr. – Part II — 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
10 – 10-4 — Wreath’s Across American Antietam Battlefield event – Shady Grove Community Center, 2100 Buchanan Trail E, Shady Grove, PA
11 – 11-3 — Wreath’s Across American Antietam Battlefield event – Shady Grove Community Center, 2100 Buchanan Trail E, Shady Grove, PA
13 – 7 p.m. – Washington County Free Library, 100 South Potomac Street, Hagerstown, MD – United States Colored Troops
15 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Doug Bastion as General D. H. Hill
16 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
18 – 2 p.m. – Purcellville Library, 220 E. Main Street, Purcellville, VA – Black Raiders of John Brown
22 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Kevin Pawlak, Shepherdstown during the Civil War
24 – noon – 4 p.m. — Douglass Myers Museum, 1416 Thames Street, Fells Point, Baltimore, MD — Black History Month Book Signing
March
1 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dennis Frye – Harpers Ferry
8 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dennis Frye – Part II – Harpers Ferry
15 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Jack Snyder on the rold of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during the Civil War
16 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
17 – 2-7 p.m. – Quad State Beer Festival, Washington County Ag Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, just south of Hagerstown, MD.
18 — 2 p.m. — Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia — “Harriet Lane Original First Lady of Washington”
22 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s personal bodyguard
27 – 8 p.m. – Baltimore Civil War Round Table, Parkville Senior Center, 8601 Harford Rd, Parkville. MD – First Person impersonation of Lincoln’s Bodyguard
29 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Jim Glymph – Civil War relic hunting
April
5 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Gary Casteel — Sculptor of Civil War monuments
10 – 7 p.m. – Belair Mansion, Charles Town, WV – Catesby who was a slave at Belair
11 — 3 p.m. — Manassas Museum, 9101 Prince William Street, Manassas, Virginia “Little Known Facts about the American Civil War”
12 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and topic — Kirk Davis — Daniel Lady Farm — Confederate Hospital at Gettysburg
19 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and topic — Kirk Davis — reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg
19 — 7:00 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, American Legion, 528 E. Middle Street, Gettysburg, PA — Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
20 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
21 – Noon – 6 — Interstate BBQ Festival, Washington County Ag Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, just south of Hagerstown, MD.
24 – 7 p.m. – The Historic Wayne Theater, 521 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, VA – First Person Impersonation of Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
26 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and topic — Al Stone as General Robert E. Lee
28 – 10-4 — WV Book Faire and Chocolatefest, downtown Martinsburg, WV
30 — 10:15 — Civil War program for 8th Grade at St. Mary’s Ctholic School, Hagerstown, Maryland
May
3 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Alan Stone as General Robert E. Lee — Part II
3 – 1 p.m. – Dayton American Legion – “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg”
5 & 6 – 10-5 each day – Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival “Weekend in the Park” Craft Show, Jim Barnett Park, Winchester, VA
8 – 7 p.m. – Loudoun County Civil War Round Table, Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia – “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger CIvil War Soldier”
10 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Joe Mieczowksi speaks about the Confederate Cabinet of Jefferson Davis
12 & 13 – tba – Civil War event, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV
14 – 1 p.m. – Carroll County Library, Westminster, MD — “Catesby Eyewitness to the Civil Wa”
17 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Joe Mieczowski, licensed battlefield guide for Gettysburg National Battlefield
18 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
19 – all day – Front Royal Wine Festival — downtown Front Royal, Virginia
24 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dr. Louis Intres speaking on the Sultana Disaster — the largest maritime loss in American history
26 – Noon to 6 — Gettysburg BBQ Festival, Gateway Gettysburg Complex, Rt. 15 and Rt. 30, Gettysburg, PA
31 — — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Joseph Stahl, Civil War identification discs
31 – 7 p.m. — Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV — second floor, Barbour County Courthouse, “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger Civil War Soldier”
June
1, 2, and 3 – all day, each day, Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV — courthouse lawn
7 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Jime Taylor, Slavery
8 – 7 p.m. – Albany Civil War Round Table, Watervliet Senior Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY – United States Colored Troops
10 — 2 p.m. — Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA — topic — Harriet Lane Original First Lady in Washington
14 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Jim Taylor, Slavery II
15 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
16 – Quad State Wine Festival, Washington County Ag Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, just south of Hagerstown, MD.
21 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dr. Craig Symonds, Civil War Navies
22 – 3 p.m. — Danville Public Library, 319 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, IL – “Harriet Lane Original First Lady of Washington”
23 & 24 – 10-5 and 12-5 – Arts in the Park at the Lamon House, Lincoln Park, Danville, IL – First person impersonation of Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
27 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
28 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dr. Craig Symonds, Lincoln’s Dealings with his Admirals
30 — 10-5– Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association Artifact and Collectors Show, Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center Allstar Expo Complex, 2634 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, PA
July
1 – 10-5– Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association Artifact and Collectors Show, Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center Allstar Expo Complex, 2634 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, PA
5 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Jim Kehoe, Civil War artists
6,7 and 8 – all day each day – Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA
12 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Joan Cashen, Varian Davis — First Lady of the Confederacy
18 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
19 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dr. James Broomall, Director of the Shepherd University Civil War Center, Part I
19 – 7 p.m. – Hershey Civil War Round Table, Country Meadows Center, 451 Sand Hill Road, Hershey PA – United States Colored Troops
20 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
21 – 10-3 – Ice Cream Social, Blue Ridge-Summit Public Library, 13676 Monterey Lane, Blue Ridge -Summit, PA
21 – 6-8 p.m. – Burning of Chambersburg, Franklin County Courthouse, Chambersburg, PA
26 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Dr. James Broomall, Director of the Shepherd University Civil War Center Part II
August
2 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – Rick Garland, the music of the American Civil War
4 — 2 p.m. — Tolson Chapel, Sharpsburg, Maryland — United States Colored Troops
9 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic – tba
11 & 12 – all day both days – Leitersburg Peach Festival, Leitersburg, MD
15 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
16 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Dr. Tim Smith, Battle of Shiloh
17 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
18 & 19 – 11-10 Saturday, 11- 5 Sunday — Augustoctoberfest, downtown Hagerstown, MD
23 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Dr. Tim Smith, Grierson’s Cavalry Raid
30 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Rev. Rene Kinard, religion of the American Civil War
September
1 — WV BBQ Festival, Charles Town Races at Hollywood Casino, noon – 7, Charles Town, WV
6 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Rev. Rene Kinard, Civil War religion, part II
8 & 9 – all day both days – Boonsborough Days, Shaffer Park, Boonsboro, MD
13 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Bruce Mowday, Howard Wertz relic collection in Gettysburg
17 — 7 p.m. — History 101, Mt. Airy Downtown Assocation, Pine Grove Church, Main Street, Mt. Airy, Maryland — Ward Hill Lamon impersonation
18 — 6 p.m. — Lincoln Group dinner meeting — Maggiano Restaurant, 5333 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Chevy Chase, Maryland — Ward Hill Lamon impersonation
19 — 10:30 a.m. — Institute of Retired Persons, Science auditorium at Wilson College, Chamberburg, Pennsylvania — “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg”
20 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Bruce Mowday, Fort Delaware Prison
21 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
22 – all day – Brew and Blues Festival – downtown Front Royal, Virginia
26 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
27 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Kevin Pawlak, Mosby Hertage Area
29 – 12-5 – Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills Homestead, Westminster, MD
October
4 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Kevin Pawlak, Maryland Campaign of 1862
6 – 12 -6 p.m. – Quad State Beer Festival, Washington County Ag Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, just south of Hagerstown, MD.
11 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Jim Anderson and Patrick Mountain — Battle of Ball’s Bluff
13 & 14 — All day, bth days — Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, Md — booth #81
17 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
18 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Justin Martin author of “A Fierce Glory”
19 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
20 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
25 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Andrew Carroll — War Letters Project
27 — Leaf and Ink Festival — Lovettesville, Virginia — 1-7 p.m.
November
1 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Judith Josephson — Allan Pinkerton, Detective
3 – 8-2 – Harvest Church Bazaar, Falling Waters, West Virginia
4 — 3-7 — Open House — Zipbone Farm Retreat Center
8 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Ross Kimmel and Michael Musik — Prison at Point Lookout, Maryland
15 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Gary Gimbel — First Battle of Falling Waters
16 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
17 — 2:00 — Program — “Black Raiders with John Brown” — 58 E. Franklin Street, Hagerstown, Maryland
21 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
22 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Nina Silber – Women in the Civil War
24 and 25 – all day each day – Charles Town Christmas Marketplace, Charles Washington Hall, Charles Town, WV
29 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Stephen Ramold – Black Union sailors
December
6 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — John Quarstein — USS Monitor
8 – 12 -4 – Candlelight Frederick Event – C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD
13 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — John Quarstein — Peninsula Campaign
14 — 8- 2:30 — Book sale and signing at Martinburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
19 — 9:30 a.m. — Radio interview — WEPM Radio, Martinsburg, WV
20 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Cooper Wingert — Confederate approach to Harrisburg
27 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — available this afternoon for FREE on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Cooper Wengert — South Central Pennsylvania Abolitionists
31 — First Night Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia — historical interpretive programs as Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s bodyguard — times to be announced
PROGRAMS FOR 2017
January
7 — 11:00 a.m. — Fitzhugh Lee Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, Homewood Crumland Farms, Frederick, MD — James Hanger presentation
12 — 10:15 a.m. — St. Mary’s School 8th grade social studies, Hagerstown, MD — Ward Hill Lamon impersonation
20 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg WV
24 — 7 p.m. — Thomas Beatley Library, 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA — Murphy Farm presentation
February
4 — 2 p.m. — Loudoun County Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, MD — United States Colored Troops presentation
8 — 8 p.m. — Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table, Camp Hill Wesley UMC Church, 601 E. Washington Street, Harpers Ferry, WV — Murphy Farm presentation
10 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital cafeteria book signing, Martinsburg, WV
11 — 2 p.m. — Presbyterian Church, 20 Potomac Avenue, Hagerstown — Black Raiders of the John Brown Raid presentation
12 — 2 p.m. — Loudoun County Library Purcellville, 220 E. Main Street, Purcellville, VA — United States Colored Troops presentation
14 — Noon — Lake City Kiwanis Luncheon, Women’s Garden Club, 257 SE Hernando Avenue, Lake City, FL — presentation “Little Known Facts about the Civil War”
14 — 5:30 — Battle of Olustee Sponsor’s Reception, First Federal Bank of Florida Finance Center, 4705 US Hwy 90 West, Lake City, FL — appearance as Ward hill Lamon
15 — 9:00 a.m. — Epiphany Catholic School, Lake City, FL — Civil War program for grades 6-8
15 — 6:30 p.m. — Downtown Rotary Club, Marion Street Bistro and Brewhouse, 282 N. Marion Avenue, Lake City, FL — Presentation “Little Known Facts about the Civil War”
16 — Noon — Lake City Rotary Club, Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church, 182 NW Justice Street, Lake City, FL — presentation — “Little Known Facts about the Civil War”
17, 18, 19 — all day each day — Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee, Olustee State Park, Olustee, FL
23 — 7 p.m. — Staunton Library, 1 Churchville Avenue, Staunton, VA — United States Colored Troops presentation
26 — 2 p.m. — Carroll County Library Westminster, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD — United States Colored Troops presentation
28 — 7 p.m. — Loudoun County Library Lovettsville, 12 N. Light Street, Lovettsville, VA — United States Colored Troops presentation
March
2 — 10:30 a.m. — United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dayton American Legion, Dayton, VA — James Hanger presentation
4 — 2 p.m. — Montgomery County Library Chevy Chase, 8005 Connecticutt Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD — United States Colored Troops presentation
7 — 6 p.m. — Montgomery County Library Long Branch, 8800 Garland Avenue, Silver Spring, MD — United States Colored Troops presentation
11 — 1 p.m. — Washington County Historical Society, Miller House, 135 West Washington St, Hagerstown, MD — United States Colored Troops presentation
17 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital Cafeteria book signing, Martinsburg, WV
18 — 9-2 — Blue Ridge-Summit Fire Company Craft Show, 13063 Monterary Lane, Blue Ridge- Summit, PA
April
14 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
15 — 1 p.m. — Washington County Historical Society, Miller House, 135 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD — James Hanger presentation
29 — 9-5 — Martinsburg Book Faire and Chocolatefest — Habanero Mexican Restaurant, 100 N. Queen Street, Martinsburg, WV
May
6 & 7 — all day — Civil War event, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV
16 — 7 p.m. — West Virginia Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table, The Village at Heritage Point, 1 Heritage Point, Morgantown, WV — Murphy Farm presentation
19 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
20 — 9-5 — Front Royal – Warren County Wine Festival, downtown Front Royal, VA
31 — 7 p.m. — Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV — location tba — James Hanger presentation
June
2, 3,& 4 — all day each day — Blue and Gray Reunion, courthouse lawn, Philippi, WV
16 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
23 — 3 p.m. — Danville Public Library, 319 Vermillion Avenue, Danville, IL — presentation tba
24 & 25 — all day each day — Arts in the Park, Danville, IL – Lamon House — Ward Hill Lamon presentation
July
1,2, & 3 — All day each day — Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Assocation tent on site
7 — 1 p.m. — National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Hosses Restaurant, 195 Aikens Center, Martinsburg, WV — James Hanger presentation
14 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
15 — 9-2 — Blue Ridge-Summit, PA Library Ice Cream Social
15 — 6 p.m. — The Burning of Chambersburg, courthouse, Chambersburg, PA
August
1 — 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Camp, VFW Post, 2013 Viers Mill Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland — Program — James Hanger
9 — 8 p.m. — Sugar Creek Park Pavillion, Ferrysville, Wisconsin — Harriet Lane presenation
11 – 6:30 p.m. — Meehan Public Library, Lansing, Iowa — Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard
16 – 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans — Triple Brick Museum, 313 E. John Street, Martinsburg, WV — Program – James Hanger
18 — 8 – 3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
19 & 20 — all day each day — Luckett’s Fair, Luckett’s, Virginia — Reader’s Garden
September
2 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
9 & 10 — all day both days — Boonsborough Days, Schafer Park, Boonsboro, MD
14 — PODCAST — “The chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Kevin Frye, Andersonville Prison
14 — 6:30 p.m. — North Berkeley County Library, Faalling Water Battlefield Association, “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg” presentation
15 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
16 & 17 — Waynesboro at War event, both days, Waynesboro, Virginia
21 –PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Kevin Frye, Andersonville Prison Part II
21 — 2 p.m. — Grove Family Library, Fayetteville, PA — Harriet Lane presentation
22 — 4-6 p.m. — Lincoln at Antietam, Hampton Inn, Chambersburg, PA, “The Large Man in the Photo — Waard Hill Lamon”, PRIVATE EVENT
23 — noon -7 — Brew and Blues Festival, Front Royal, Virginia
26 — 1 p.m — Loudoun County Day School 5th grade
28 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Ted Alexander, Battle of Antietam
30 — 11-5 — Maryland Microbrwery Festival, Union Mills, Maryland
October
4 — 7 p.m. — Sharpsburg Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sharpsburg Town Hall, second floor, “Southern Oasis at Gettysburg” presentation
5 — PODCAST — “The chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Ted Alexander, Battle of Antietam, Part II
7 — 11-3 Book Event — Cascade Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, Virginia
12 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — C. W. Whitehair, Escape of the Cavalry at Harpers Ferry
19 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — C. W. Whitehair, Pockett’s Charge at Gettysburg
19 — 10:30 — Institute of Retired Persons — Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA — Harriet Lane presentation
19 — 7 p.m. — Middleburg Historical Society, State Line, PA — Harriet Lane presentation
21 & 22 — all day both days — Octoberfet, Shifferstadt Museum grounds, Frederick, Maryland
26 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Edward Steers Jr — The Lincoln Assassintion
November
2 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Edward Steers Jr. — The Trial of the Lincoln Conspirators
4 — 8-3 — Harvest Church Christmas Bazaar, Falling Waters, WV — book signing
9 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Steve French — Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy
16 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Steve French — McNeill’s Rangers
19 — 2 p.m. — Westminster Library, Westminster, Maryland — Southern Oasis at Geettysburg
20 — 1 p.m. — Program for 5th graders — St. Mary’s Catholic School, Martinburg, WV
23 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Tim Snyder — The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during the Civil War
25 & 26 — 10-4 and 11-4 — Charles Town Christmas Marketplace, Charles Washington Hall, Charles Town, WV
30 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Nathan Richardson’s portrayal of Frederick Douglass
December
5 — 5:30 p.m. — Fort Loudoun Library, Fort Loudoun, PA — “Harriet Lane”
7 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Kevin Rawlings — Civil War Christmas
9 — 11-4 — Local Authors at C. Burr Artz Library, 110 E. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD
14 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Kevin Rawlings — Part II of Civil War Christmas
15 — 8-3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria Book signing, Martinsburg, WV
21 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — JoAnn Peterson portrayal of Mary Lincoln
28 — PODCAST — “The Chronicles of the American Civil War” — availabe this afternoon for FREE on on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play — Guest and Topic — Part II JoAnn Peterson portrayal of Mary Lincoln
31 — First Night Virginia — Charlottesville, Omni Hotel downtown, hisotrical portrayal of Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s Bodyguard — two programs at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
PROGRAMS FOR 2016
January
10 — 2 p.m. — Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, WV — Martin Luther King March program
February
11 — 11:45 — Ward Hill Lamon appearance at St. Mary’s Catholic School, Hagerstown, MD
18 — 6 p.m. — C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD — program “United States Colored Troops”
19 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
20 — 2 p.m. — La Vale, Maryland Public Library — program “United States Colored Troops”
24 — 7 p.m. — Hyattsville Public Library, Hyattsville, Maryland — program “United States Colored Troops”
28 — 2 p.m. — Camp Curtin Memorial — Mitchell United Methodist Church, 2221 N. 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
March
5 — 3 p.m. — Grand Opening Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association Museum — 33 York Road, Gettysburg, PA
18 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
19 — 8-4 — Blue Ridge Summit Fire Hall Spring Craaft Show, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA.
April
6 — 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Public Library, Sharpsburg, MD — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
8 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
9 — 1 p.m. — DAR Staunton, Virginia — location tba — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
14 — 6 p.m. — Ward Hill Lamon History Alive program — North Berkeley County WV Library — Spring Mills, WV
15 — all day — Ward Hill Lamon program at Bruswick (Maryland) Middle School
18 — 7 p.m. — Augusta County Civil War Round Table, Waynesboro Public Library, Waynesboro, VA — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
21 — 9:00 a.m. — Institute of Retired Persons, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA — program “The Murphy Farm, Refuge from Racism”
23 — 9-4 — West Virginia Chocolatefest Book Faire, downtown, Martinsburg, WV — specific location TBA
28 — 6 p.m. — C. Burr Art Library, Frederick, MD — program “The Murphy Farm, A Refuge from Racism”
30 — 10-5 — Shenandoah Apple Blossom Craft Fair, Jim Barnett Park, Winchester, VA
May
1 — 10-5 — Shenandoah Apple Blossom Craft Festival, Jim Barnett Park, Wincheter, VA
6 & 7 — 9-5 each day, 155th Commemoration of Jackson’s Raid on the Martinsburg Roundhouse, Martinsburg, WV
17 — 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Kemper Mansion, Main Street, Madison, VA — program”The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War soldier”
19 — 7 p.m. — Mason-Dixon Historical Society, State Line, PA — program “The Murphy Farm, A Refuge from Racism”
20 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
21 — 10-5 — Front Royal Wine Festival, downtown streets of Front Royal, VA
22 — program for Califonia students visting Washington, DC at their hotel
28 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg PA
June
2 — 7 p.m. Blue and Gray reunion, Philippi Public Library, Philippi, WV — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War soldier”
3 — 9-3 — Kids Day programs for the Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV
4 & 5 — all day — Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV
10 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
11 — 9-5 — 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — presentation at 2:30 on “The Murphy Farm Refuge From Racism” — reception after the event
16 — 7:30 p.m. Hershey Civil War Round Table, Country Meadows, 451 Sand Hill Road, Main Bldg, Second Floor, Hershey, PA — program Ward Hill Lamon
17 — 5-9 p.m. — Civil War Days Harrisburg — Gathering of Civil War Artists and Authors, Historic Harrisburg Association, 1230 N. 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA
18 — 3 p.m. — Civil War Days Harrisburg, PA at National CIvil War Museum — program — John Brown connections to Harrisburg —
23 — 1 p.m. — Ward Hill Lamon appearance at Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, IL
24 — 3 p.m. Danville Public Library, Danville, IL — program “The Murphy Farm, A Refuge from Racism”
25 & 26 — all day — Arts in the Park, Lamon House, Danville, IL — program Ward Hill Lamon
29 — 8 p.m. — Sugar Creek Park, South Pavilion, Ferryville, Wisconsin — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
July
2 — 9-6 — Gettyburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
12 — 6 p.m. — Charles Town Library — program “The Murphy Farm Refuge From Racism”
15 — 8-3 p.m. — VA. Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV.
16 — 8-2 — Ice Cream Social, Blue Ridge-Summit Library, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA
16 — 6 p.m. — Burning of Chambersburg, Chambersburg, PA.
19 — 7:30 a.m. — Rotary Club of Shepherdstown, Bavarian Inn — program “The Murphy Farm Refuge From Racism”
22 — 4-8 pm — Cedar Creek Battlefield, Civil War event, Middleton, VA
23, 24 — all day both days — Cedar Creek Batlefield, Civil War event, Middletown, VA
30 — 9-5 — Book Signing — Tamarack Arts Center, Beckeley, WV
31 — 2:30 p.m. — Wildwood House Museum, Beckley, WV — Ward Hill Lamon appearance,
August
13 — 9-6 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
15 — 6 pm — Moundsville Public Library, Moundsville, WV — Ward Hill Lamon History Alive program
19 — 8 -3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital Cafeteria, book signing
20,21 — all day — Luckett’s Fair, Lucketts, VA
September
2 — 3:15 p.m. — Black History Conference, Alexandria, VA — program “The United States Colored Troops”
3 — all day — Virginia Wine Festival, Rebec Winery, Amherst, VA
9 — — 8 -3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital Cafeteria, book signing
10, 11 — all day — Boonesbrough Days, Shafer Park, Boonsboro, MD
13 — 7 p.m. — Cumberland Valley Civil War Round Table — Franklin Fire Hall, 158 W. King Street, Chambersburg, PA
17 — 9 – 5 pm — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
23 — 12:30 — Loudoun County Day School presentation to fifth grade
23 — 7 pm — KOA Kampground, Harpers Ferry, Civil War medicine
24 — 11-6 — Maryland Beer Festival, Union Mills, Maryland
25 — 2 p.m. — Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA — program “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier”
October
1 — all day — Huntersville Days, Huntersville, WV — History Alive programs as Ward Hill Lamon
5 — 6 pm — Long Branch Library, Silver Spring, MD — United States Colored Troops
7 — 8 – 3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, book signing
8,9 — all day both days — Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, Maryland
11 — 7 p.m. — LaPlata Civil War Round Table, LaPlata, MD. — College of Southern Maryland Center for Business and Industry, Chaney Enterprises Conference Center, Room B1-113, 8730 Mitchell Road, LaPlata, MD. — program — United States Colored Troops
12 — 7 p.m. — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Baltimore Historical Society, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Towsen, MD — program “The Murphy Farm, Refuge from Racism”
15, 16 — all day both days — Cedar Creek Battlefield event, Middletown, VA
28, 29 — all day both days — West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV
November
5 — 8-3 – Harmony Church Holiday Festival, Falling Waters, WV
18 — 8 -3 — Martinsburg VA Hospital Cafeteria, book signing
December
10 –noon – 4 — Candlelight in Frederick — C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD
12 — 7 pm — Beatley Library, Alexandria, VA — “The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger”
16 — 8 – 3 — Martinsburg VA Hopsital Cafeteria, book signing
31 — 4:15 and 7:45 p.m. — First Night Virginia, Charlottesville, VA — Appearing as Ward Hill Lamon – Historical impersonations — First United Methodist Church Chapel
PROGRAMS FOR 2015
January
2 – 7:30 a.m. – Hagerstown Rotary Club, Academy Theater, Hagerstown, MD
13 – 7:30 a.m. – Shepherdstown Rotary Club, Bavarian Inn, Shepherdstown, WV
23 – 10:15 a.m. – St. Mary’s School, Hagerstown, Maryland
February
2 – 7:00 p.m. – Carroll County Library, Westminster, MD
7 – 2 p.m. – Martinsburg Library, Martinsburg, WV
13 — 8-3 VA Center, Martinsburg, WV
14 – all day – National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA
17 – 7:00 p.m. — Middleburg Library, Middleburg, VA
18 – 7:00 p.m. Blue Ridge-Summit Library, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA
28 – 2 p.m. – Sterling Public Library, Sterling, VA
March
3 – 12 noon – Rotary Club, Staunton, VA
7 – 2 p.m. – Medical Museum, Frederick, MD
11 — 11:30 a.m. History Alive presentation of Ward Hill Lamon, Riverside Library
12 — 11 a.m. History Alive presentation of Ward Hill Lamon, Dunbar Library
12 — 6 p.m. — History Alive presentation of Ward Hill Lamon, Nitro Library
21 – 9-5 Blue Ridge Summit Fire Company, Blue Ridge Summit, PA
23 – 7:00 p.m. — Gum Spring Library, Aldie, VA
April
10 – 7 a.m. Rotary Club — Academy Theater, Hagerstown, MD
14 – 10:30 a.m. – Institute of Retired Persons, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
15 – 7:00 p.m. – Blue Ridge-Summit Library, Blue Ridge-Summit , PA
16 – 7 p.m. – Middleburg Historical Society, State Line, PA
17 — 8-3 — VA Hospital Martinsburg, WV
25 – 9-5 — West Virginia Booke Faire, Martinsburg, WV
26 – 2 p.m. – South Jefferson County Library, Summit Point, WV
27 – 7 p.m. – Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, MD
May
2 & 3 –all day — Apple Blossom Festival Weekend in the Park Show Winchester, VA
6 – 7:00 p.m. – Civil War Round Table, Wilmington, DE
13 – 7:30 p.m. – Sons of Confederate Veterans, Baltimore Historical Society, Cockeysville, MD
16 — 12-6 — Desert Rose Winery Hume, Virginia
19 — 7 p.m. — Civil War Round Table, Morgantown, WV
22 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
27 – 7:00 p.m. – Montgomery County MD Genealogical Society, Mont. Co. Senior Center
28 — 7:00 p.m. — Philippi, WV Public Library
29-31 – all day each day – Blue and Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV
June
2 — 6 p.m. — DAR Picnic –Uvilla, WV
6 — 2 p.m. — Hedgesville Public Library, Hedgesville, WV
13 — 2:30 p.m. — Clara Barton Missing Soldier’s Museum, 437 1/2 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC
16 — 7:00 p.m. – Beatley Library, Alexandria, VA
19 — 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. — Martinsburg VA Center Cafeteria
19 — 4 p.m. — Waynesboro, PA
20 — 9-5 Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
26 – 3:00 p.m. – Danville Public Library, Danville, IL
27 and 28 – 10-5 daily –Arts in the Park, Lamon House, Lincoln Park, Danville, IL
July
1 — 8 p.m. Ward Hill Lamon program at Sugar Creek Park, South Pavilion, Ferryville, Wisconsin
11– 12-6 — Desert Rose Winery, Hume, VA
17 — 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Martinsburg VA Center Caferia
18 – 9-3 – Ice Cream Social and Book event, Blue Ridge Summit Library, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 6-8:30 Burning of Chambersburg — Chambersburg, PA
25 — 9-5 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
August
1 – 2:30 – Medical Museum, Frederick, MD
4 — 7:00 — Wakertown Branch Library, Walkertown, North Carolina — James E. Hanger
12 — 2 p.m. United States Colored Troops research program, Lucy F. Simms Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia
14 — 8-3 — VA Hospital, Martinsburg, WV
15-16 — all day each day — Luckett’s Fair, Lucketts, VA
22 — 9-6 — Gettysburg Tour Center, Gettysburg, PA
28-30 – 9-5 each day — Jackson’s Jubilee, Jackson’s Mill, Jane Lew, WV
September
12 & 13 – 9-5 both days – Boonesborough Days, Boonsboro, MD
15 — 7:30 p.m. History Alive Presentation of Ward Hill Lamon, O’Hurley’s General Store, Shepherdstown, WV
16 – 7:00 p.m. – Rockbridge Civil War Round Table, Lexington, VA
18 — 8-3 — VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
19 & 20 — 10-6 both days — African American Heritage Festival, Staunton, Virginia
21– 7 p.m. — History 101 — Mt. Airy Library, Mt. Airy, MD.
25 — 9-11 a.m. — Lincoln Seminar — Hampton Inn, Chambersburg, PA
25 — 7:00 –Civil War 101 program — KOA Campground, Harpers Ferry, WV
26 — 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. — Maryland Beer Festival, Union Mills, MD
October
2 & 3 — 7:00 pm Friday — 10-3 Saturday — History Alive presentations, Ward Hill Lamon, Huntersville, WV
5 — 10:45 a.m. — Leesburg Country Day School, Leesburg, VA
9 — 8-3 — VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
10 & 11 – 9 to 5 both days – Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, MD
14 — 7:00 — James Hanger Presentation — Sons of Confederate Veterans, Baltimore Historical Society, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Towsen, MD
16 — 10:30 — African American History and Genealogy National Conference, Richmond, VA
17 & 18 — 9-5 each day — Octoberfest — Schifferstadt Museum, Frederick, MD
19 — 10:20 — Civil War class — Spring Mills High School, Falling Waters, WV
24 — 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. — Desert Rose Winery, Hume, VA
November
7 – 8-3 – Harmony Church Holiday Festival, Falling Waters, WV
9 — 4:00 p.m. — Novel Writing Class for Teens — C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick. MD
14 — tba — U.S. Colored Troops Grand Review, Harrisburg, PA
28 — 10 -3, Historic Round Barn and Farm’s Market, Rt. 30, just west of Gettysburg, PA
December
9 — 1:30 — 5th grade classes — St. Joseph’s School, Martinsburg WV
12 – 12-4 – C. Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD
18 — 8-3 — VA Hospital Cafeteria, Martinsburg, WV
31 — 4:15, 7:30 and 10, Ward Hill Lamon presentations, First Night Virginia, Charlottesville, First United Methodist Church, 101 E. Jefferson Street
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