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'Mourning in America: A History of Presidential Assassinations' Webinar
January 30, 2024, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
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Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York Guest Speaker
Grant's Tomb presenation & book signing
July 25, 2023, 6:00 PM :Villa Mosconi, 69 MacDougal Street, New York, NY
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Villa Mosconi, 69 MacDougal Street, New York, NY
$60 per person (incudes dinner)
RSVP Ann Plogsterth at plogsterth@aol.com or 212-877-6814
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Presidential Visits: A two-part lecture series at Trenton City Museum
July 15, 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 PM : THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD! Assassinations, Bloodletting, Medical Malpractice, and more dignified endings for the American Presidents
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July 15, 2023 2:00 - 4:00 PM: PRESIDENTS IN THE GARDEN STATE: Living, vacationing, and dying in New Jersey with a special focus on Trenton
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The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion
Cadwalader Park
Trenton, New Jersey
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Keynote address Ulysses S. Grant's Birthday ceremony
April 27, 2023, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM Presentation & Book Signing. Info
General Grant National Memorial
W 122nd St &, Riverside Dr, New York, 10027
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“Grover the Good: Uncompromisingly Honest in the Gilded Age”
March 18, 2023 Grover Cleveland Birthplace - Eventbrite tickets (free)
207 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, NJ
07006
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"Presidential Monuments" lecture & book signing
October 23, 2021 Louis Bay 2nd Library and Community Center
345 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ
07056
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The Pursuit of History The President is Dead! discussion
November 4, 2021 The Pursuit of History
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Grant's Tomb lecture & book signing
November 15, 2021 Hillsdale Free Public Library
509 Hillsdale Avenue
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
White House Historical Association "Grant's Tomb - The Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant"
May 25, 2021
See video here https://www.whitehousehistory.org/videos/grants-tomb
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The Pursuit of History Grant's Tomb discussion
April 29, 2021 The Pursuit of History
See video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZUfNm3bXqw
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Grant's Tomb lecture
April 24, 2021 Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival
See video here https://www.facebook.com/MOCherryBlossomFest/videos/917490168794370
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"Presidential Inaugurations” panel discussion
April 24, 2021 Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival
See video here https://www.facebook.com/MOCherryBlossomFest/videos/190113956259312
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Lecture - The Most Extraordinary Presidential Elections
April 24, 2021 Lecture Louis Bay 2nd Library and Community Center
virtual
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Grant's Tomb lecture
April 15, 2021, George Washington's Headquarters at Historic Dey Mansion
virtual
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HistoryAuthor show Grant's Tomb
April 15, 2021
See video here https://historyauthor.com/louis-picone-grants-tomb-the-epic-death-of-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-making-of-an-american-pantheon/
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Lecture The President Is Dead! & Grant’s Tomb
April 4, 2021 Men's Club of Senior Community of Valencia Isles (Florida)
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Lecture “Ulysses S. Grant’s Tomb: The Monument on the Hudson”
March 31, 2021 Hudson River Maritime Museum
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“Mourner in Chief: Grover Cleveland and the death of Ulysses S. Grant”
March 14, 2021 Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association
Grover Cleveland Week
See video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drdpn_eXOLM
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lecture: Presidents with a Jewish connection
February 28, 2021, Congregation Beth Ohr
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lecture: The President is Dead!
February 8, 2021, Livingston Public Library​
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Lecture - The Most Extraordinary Presidential Elections
October 8, 2020, Livingston Public Library
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Lecture - The Most Extraordinary Presidential Elections
September 26, 2020, 1:00 PM Lecture Louis Bay 2nd Library and Community Center
via Zoom
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Lecture - John F. Kennedy
May 19, 2020 Hillsborough, NJ Public Library
via Zoom
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The President is Dead! lecture & book signing
February 27, 2020 Oakland NJ Senior Center
Oakland, NJ
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The President is Dead! lecture & book signing
February 20, 2020 Montville Township Public Library
90 Horseneck Rd,
Montville, NJ 07045
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The President is Dead! Special Abraham Lincoln birthday edition lecture
February 12, 2020 Ramsey Free Public Library
30 Wyckoff Ave
Ramsey, NJ 07446
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Thursday November 8, 2018 Blairstown branch of the Warren County Library system
7:00 PM Lecture and Book Signing
Catherine Dickson Hofman (Blairstown)
4 Lambert Road
07825 Blairstown, NJ
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Tuesday October 16, 2018 Peapack & Gladstone Library
7:00 PM Lecture and Book Signing
1 School St,
Peapack, New Jersey 07977
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Wednesday September 26, 2018 The Oaks at Denville Retirement Community
Lecture and Book Signing
The Oaks at Denville Retirement
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Wednesday September 12, 2018 Chester Public Library
7:00 PM Lecture and Book Signing
250 West Main Street
Chester, New Jersey 07930
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Tuesday July 31, 2018 Rockaway Public Library
6:30 PM Lecture and Book Signing
61 Mount Hope Road
Rockaway, New Jersey 07866
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Thursday June 21, 2018 NJ Revolutionary War Roundtable
Lecture and Book Signing
Morristown, New Jersey
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Thursday February 22, 2018 Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library
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6:30 PM Lecture "Presidential Funerals & Freemasons"
71 West 23rd St, 14th floor
New York, NY 10010
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Monday February 12, 2018 Roxbury Public Library
6:30 PM Lecture and Book Signing
103 Main St
Succasunna, New Jersey 07876
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Saturday September 23, 2017 - Grover Cleveland Birthplace
9:30 AM Lecture and Book Signing
207 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
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Friday September 1, 2017 - Radio interview - "House of Mystery"
1150 AM KKNW Seattle
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Saturday August 26, 2017 - James A Garfield National Historic Site
1:00 PM Lecture and Book Signing
8095 Mentor Ave,
Mentor, Ohio 44060
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July 17, 2017 - Podcast www.History Author.com
Interview with Dean Karayanis "The President is Dead!"
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Tuesday May 23, 2017 - Mendham Borough Historical Society
7:45 pm
Garabrant Center, 4 Wilson St.
Mendham, New Jersey 07945
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Sunday May 7, 2017 - Bergen County Historical Society Author's Day
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
1201 Main Street
River Edge, New Jersey 07661
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Saturday, April 29 2017 - American Political Items Collectors (APIC) spring show
9:00 am - 5:00 pm : appearance and book signing​
Titusville United Methodist Church
7 Church Road, Titusville NJ 08560
admission - $3
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Tuesday, April 4 2017 - Molloy Institute for Lifelong Learning
10:00 AM Lecture "Where the Presidents Were Born"
11:30 AM Lecture "The President is Dead!"
Long Island, New York
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Sunday, March 26, 2017 - Historic Dey Mansion
1:00 PM Lecture, Lecture Where the Presidents Were Born and The President is Dead!
199 Totowa Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
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Monday, March 13, 2017 - Spring Lake, NJ Library
7:00 PM Lecture Where the Presidents Were Born and The President is Dead!
1501 Third Avenue
Spring Lake, NJ 07762