Programs and Events 2006-2014
Civil War Round Table and like engagements
Allegany County (MD) CWRT, LaVale, MD; Cape May CWRT, NJ; Fort McNair CWRT,
Washington, DC; Civil War Round Table of Eastern, PA, Allentown, PA; Gettysburg CWRT,
Gettysburg, PA; Hagerstown CWRT, Hagerstown, MD; Hamilton CWRT, Hamilton, NJ;
Harpers Ferry CWRT, WV 2008, 2010, 2013; Hershey CWRT, PA; Frederick CWRT, MD;
Fredericksburg CWRT, Fredericksburg, VA; Lancaster CWRT, PA; Montgomery County MD
Civil War Round Table, Gaithersburg, MD; Morgantown CWRT, WV; Newton CWRT, NJ;
Sharpsburg, MD (Sons of Confederate Veterans) 2009, 2010; Wayne CWRT 2007, 2012, NJ;
Western Pennsylvania CWRT, Sewickley, PA; Pipe Creek CWRT, Westminster, MD 2010,
2012, 2013, 2014; Andersonville National Park, Andersonville, GA 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013; Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD 2012, 2013; Battle of Antietam
Sesquicentennial Reenactment, Sharpsburg, MD 2012; Battle of Hancock, Hancock, MD; Carroll
Community College Civil War Symposium, Westminster, MD; Union CWRT, Charles Town,
WV; California University of Pennsylvania CWRT, California, PA; Civil War Book event,
Fairfax, VA. 2010, 2011; Battle of Manassas 150th Anniversary Commemoration, Manassas,
VA.2011; Battle of Gettysburg 150th Commemoration, Gettysburg, PA 2013, Civil War
Conference, Four Seasons Hotel, Chambersburg, PA; Civil War Conference, Greencastle, PA
2013; Civil War Symposium, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014; Civil War Book Show, Fauquier County, VA 2010, 2011; Civil War Event, Rose Hill
Manor, Frederick, MD 2010, 2011; Civil War Program, Ranson, WV; Civil War Seminar,
American Public University, Charles Town, WV; Crossroads of the Civil War, Frederick Comm.
College, Frederick, MD; Daniel Lady Farm, Gettysburg, PA; First Call, Washington Co.
Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Lincoln program, Washington, DC; Falling Waters Battlefield
Association, Falling Waters, WV; Gettysburg Gift Center, Gettysburg, PA 2011, 2012; Hall of
the Presidents, Gettysburg, PA.; Jennie Wade House, Gettysburg, PA. 2012, 2013; Gettysburg
Tour Center, 2014; Northern Virginia Relic Hunters, Alexandria; Petersburg National
Battlefield, Petersburg, VA; Retreat from Monterey Pass event, Blue Ridge – Summit, PA;
Retreat from Williamsport, Williamsport, MD; The Burning of Chambersburg, Chambersburg,
PA 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Salisbury Prison Conference, Salisbury, NC; Sons of Confederate
Veterans, Sharpsburg, MD; Sons of Confederate Veterans, Ranson, WV; Sons of Confederate
Veterans, Winchester, VA, 2012, 2014; Sons of Confederate Veterans, Gettysburg, PA 2011,
2014; Tudor Place Civil War Program, Georgetown, DC; Richmond Civil War & Antique Arms
Show, Richmond, VA; Chantilly Civil War Show, Chantilly, VA; Civil War Reception,
Hagerstown, MD; Mt. Airy Main Street Civil War program, Mt. Airy, MD, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014; South Mountain Relic Hunters, Williamsport, MD 2009, 2012; Civil War
Reception, Chambersburg, PA
Book Store signings
Books on First, Dixon, IL 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013; Book Crossing, Brunswick, MD
2006, 2007, 2008; Books and Company, Lexington, VA; Book Store, Leesburg, VA; Book
Center, Cumberland, MD; Four Seasons Books, Shepherdstown, WV 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013;
Harpers Ferry National Park bookstore, Harpers Ferry, WV; Taylor’s Books, Charleston, WV;
Turn the Page Books, Boonsboro, MD; Gettysburg Gift Center, 2012, 2013
Borders Bookstores: Annapolis, MD; Cincinnati, OH; Warrenton, VA; Winchester, VA;
Farmington, CT; Gaithersburg, MD; Germantown, MD; Hagerstown, MD 2006, 2007; Hudson,
OH; Indianapolis, IN; Frederick, MD 2006, 2007; Newport News, VA; Reading, PA;
Richmond/Glen Allen, VA; Sterling, VA; and York, PA
Borders Express: Dullest Town Mall, VA; White Marsh Mall, Reisterstown, MD
Book Signings other stores and places
Antietam Gallery, Sharpsburg, MD; Bunker Hill Antiques, Bunker Hill, WV; Desert Rose
Winery, Hume, VA. 2012, 2013, 2014; Discovery Station, Hagerstown, MD 2009, 2011; Gallery
30, Gettysburg, PA 2006, 2007; Home Front General Store, Gettysburg, PA 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2013; Lincoln Program, Reading, PA; National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2010,
2011; Philip Cater Winery, Hume, VA 2008, 2009, 2010; Tamarack West Virginia Center,
Beckley, WV 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013; West Virginia I-81 southbound information center,
Falling Waters, WV; 17 on the Square, Gettysburg, PA 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Gerryowens
Irish Pub, Gettysburg, PA
Events
Aqua Center, Leestown, WV; Association for the Study of African American Life and History,
Richmond, VA.; Arts for the Hearts, Martinsburg, West WV 2007, 2008; Arts in the Park,
Danville, IL 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014; Battle of Olustee Reenactment, Olustee,
FL 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014; Berkeley County Republican Club, Martinsburg, WV; Blue and
Gray Reunion, Philippi, WV 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014; Bridge Day, Oak Hill, WV;
Boonesborough Days, Boonsboro, MD; Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont, MD; DAR tribute to
Ward Hill Lamon, Gerrardstown, WV; Dinner with the Authors, Martinsburg, WV; Federal
Trust Bank, Lake City, FL; Franklin County Discovery Weekend, Chambersburg, PA; Gallery
Walk, Frederick, MD; Hagerstown Craft Show, Hagerstown, MD; Hampshire County Heritage
Days, Romney, WV 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010; Harmony Church Holiday Festival, Falling
Waters, WV 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Heritage Day, Belle Boyd House, Martinsburg, WV 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010; Heritage Day, Adam Stephens House, Martinsburg, WV 2006; Heritage Day,
Brunswick Railroad Museum, Brunswick, MD 2006; Heritage Day, Sharpsburg, MD 2007,
2008, 2011; Heritage Days, Waverly, WW; Heritage Square Senior Center, Dixon, IL 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; History Meets the Arts, Gettysburg, PA 2006, 2007, 2008; Inwood
Market Agriculture Holiday Show, Inwood, WV 2010, 2011; Jackson’s Jubilee, Jackson’s Mill,
WV 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014; John Brown Symposium, Mont Alto, PA; “John Brown’s Body”
programs in Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, WV; Juneteenth Festival, Oberlin, OH; Lincoln
Symposium, Chambersburg, PA 2006; Luckett’s Fair, Luckett’s, VA 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014;
Microbrewery Festival, Union Bridge, MD 2013, 2014; Mighty Mo Hot Shoppes Reunion,
Sharpsburg, MD; Morgan Cabin Day, Bunker Hill, WV 2007, 2008; Mountaintop Festival, Blue
Ridge-Summit, PA; Much Ado About Books, Frederick, MD; Peace Corps Reunion, Harpers
Ferry, WV; Point Pleasant Battle Days, Point Pleasant, WV; Purcellville Senior Center,
Purcellville, VA.; Rail Days, Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Railroad
Days, Martinsburg, WV; Washington County Reading Day at the Valley Mall, Hagerstown, MD
2009, 2010, 2011; Saturday with the Professor, Virginia Beach, VA; Schifferstadt Oktoberfest,
Frederick, MD, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Sesquicentennial of the John Brown Raid, Kennedy
Farm, MD; Sesquicentennial of the John Brown Raid, Harpers Ferry, WV; Sesquicentennial of
the John Brown hanging. Charles Town, WV; Sesquicentennial of the hangings on Dec. 16, 2009
– Charles Town, WV; Sesquicentennial of the hangings on March 16, 2010 – Charles Town,
WV; Sharpsburg Heritage Festival, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013; Shepherdstown Torch Club,
Shepherdstown, WV 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014; Warrenton Heritage Festival,
Warrenton, VA; Wayside Theater programs on John Brown, Middleway, VA; National Medical
Museum, Fredrick, MD; Society of Civil War Surgeons, Chicago, IL
Book Festivals
Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD 2006, 2009; Berkeley Springs Book Festival, Berkeley
Springs, WV 2012, 2014; Chestertown Book Festival, Chestertown, MD, 2013; Collingswood
Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013; Kensington Book Festival,
Kensington, MD 2013, 2014; Philadelphia Book Festival, Philadelphia, PA 2007, 2008; Random
House Book Festival, Westminster, MD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; Virginia Festival of
Books, Charlottesville, VA 2006, 2007, 2008; West Virginia Book Faire, Martinsburg, WV
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Libraries
Arlington Public Library, Arlington, VA; Bentley Central Library, Alexandria, VA 2012, 2013,
2914; Besore Library, Greencastle, PA; Blue Ridge-Summit Library, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA
2012, 2013, 2014; Bolivar Library, Bolivar, WV; C.Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014; Carroll County Library, Westminster, MD 2007, 2008,
2013; Carroll County Library, Taneytown, MD; Carroll County Library, Mt. Airy, MD 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Carroll County Library, Hampstead, MD; Carroll County Library,
Eldersburg, MD 2013, 2014; Charles Town Library, Charles Town, West VA 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Coyle Library, Chambersburg, PA 2006, 2009; Chinn Park
Regional Library, Woodbridge, VA; Danville Public Library, Danville, IL 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012 2013, 2014; Dixon Public Library, Dixon, IL; Elk Valley Library, Elkview,
WV; Fort Loudoun Public Library, Fort Loudoun, PA; Grove Library, Fayetteville, PA 2011,
2012, 2013; Handley Library, Winchester, VA 2012, 2013, 2014; Hudson Library, Hudson, OH;
Kanawha County Main Library, Charleston, WV; Martinsburg-Berkeley County Library,
Martinsburg, WV 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; Philippi Public Library, Philippi, WV;
Potomac Community Library, Woodbridge, VA; Riverside Library, Belle, WV; Scarborough
Library, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV; Shannondale Library, Shannondale, WV;
South Jefferson County Library, Summit Point, WV 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014; Staunton Public
Library, Staunton, VA; Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014;
Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, MD 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Washington
County Free Library, Smithsburg, MD; Washington County Free Library, Williamsport, MD;
Washington County Free Library, Sharpsburg, MD 2011, 2012; Washington County Free
Library, Clear Spring, MD; Washington County Free Library, Boonsboro, MD 2008, 2009, 2010
USCT/ Black History Month Programs
African American Civil War Museum, Washington, DC; African American Heritage Festival,
Charles Town, WV; African American History and Genealogical Society National Conference at
College Park, MD 2010; African American Historical and Genealogical Society Chapter
meeting, Richmond, VA; African American Heritage Festival, Staunton, VA.; African American
History and Genealogical Society National Conference at Little Rock, Arkansas 2011; African
American Regional Research Committee, Berryville, VA; Allison-Antrim Museum, Greencastle,
PA ; American Public University Civil War Seminar, Charles Town, WV; Andersonville
National Park, Andersonville, GA 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Arlington Public Library,
Arlington, VA; Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA; Bentley Central Library, Alexandria, VA;
Chinn Park Regional Library, Woodbridge, VA; Civil War Seminar, Greencastle, PA; Civil War
Round Table of Eastern, PA, Allentown, PA; Frederick Co, VA Genealogical Society,
Winchester, VA; Harriett Tubman Underground Railroad Conference, Cambridge, MD
Historical Societies/Museums
Allison-Antrim Museum, Greencastle, PA 2011, 2012, 2013; Jefferson County Historical
Society, Charles Town, WV; Culpepper Museum, Culpepper, VA; Grove Family Library
Historical Lecture Series, Chambersburg, PA; Independence Hall, Wheeling, WV; Jefferson
County Historical Society Lecture Series, History of Ranson, Ranson, WV; Jefferson County
Historical Society Lecture Series, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, WV; Historical Society,
Doylestown, PA; Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, PA 2008, 2012; Manassas
Museum, Manassas, VA 2006, 2010, 2014; Meade Civil War program, Philadelphia, PA;
Middleburg Historical Society, State Line, PA, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Mosby Heritage Area,
Aldie, VA.; Outlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA; Point Pleasant River Museum, Point Pleasant,
WV; Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA; The Lamon House, Danville, IL 2207, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Historical Society, Bloomington, IL; Dinwiddle County (VA)
Courthouse
School Programs
Allied Health Center at Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL; Berkeley County Adult
Education Class, Martinsburg, WV; Bridgeport Middle School visiting Harpers Ferry, West
Virginia; Creative Writing Class, Musselman High School, Inwood, WV 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
and 2011; Country Day School, Leesburg, VA; Frederick County Student History Club,
Frederick, MD 2007; Harrisburg Area Home School Association, Dillsburg, PA; Jefferson
County Adult Education Class, Charles Town, WV; Johns Hopkins University writing class,
Baltimore, MD; Kent State University, Diversity Class, Kent, OH 2009, 2010, 2012; Lake City
High School, Lake City, FL; Odenton Elementary School, Odenton, MD; Ranson Elementary
School, Ranson, WV; Retired Teachers Association, Ranson, WV; South Jefferson Elementary
School, Summit Point, WV 2012, 2014; St. Joseph’s School. Martinsburg, WV 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014; Teacher workshop, Fort Smith, AR; Delaware Valley Community College,
Doylestown, PA; United States Military Academy, Annapolis, MD, Loudoun Country Day
School, Leesburg, VA 2013, 2014; Severna Park Middle School, Severna Park, MD; St. Mary’s
Catholic School, Hagerstown, MD; Home School Association, Lake City, FL; Challenge
Learning Center, Lake City, FL
Service Clubs & Community Organizations
AARP, Martinsburg, WV; AARP, Charles Town, WV 2012, 2013; Antietam Exchange Club,
Hagerstown, MD; Berkeley County Republican Club, Martinsburg, WV; Berryville Women’s
Book Club, Berryville, VA; Bethesda Rotary Club, Bethesda, MD; Book Club, Lutheran Church
of the Good Shepherd, Olney, MD.; Blue Ridge-Summit Fire Hall, Blue Ridge-Summit, PA;
Boonesboro Lions Club, Boonsboro, MD.; Charles Town Presbyterian Church Book Club,
Charles Town, WV, 2007, 2011; Charles Town Rotary Club, Charles Town, WV 2007, 2008,
2011; Exchange Club, Hagerstown, MD; Frederick Kiwanis Club, Frederick, MD; Frederick
Lions Club, Frederick, MD.; Frederick Rotary Club, Frederick, MD 2006, 2007; Fredericktown
Rotary Club, Frederick, MD; Funkstown Lions Club, Funkstown, MD; Hagerstown Rotary Club,
Hagerstown, MD; Lake City Rotary Club, Lake City, FL; Lions Club, Chambersburg, PA 2006,
2007; Martinsburg Kiwanis Club, Martinsburg, WV; Martinsburg Rotary Club, Martinsburg,
WV 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013; Martinsburg Morning Rotary, Martinsburg, WV 2008, 2009; Olney
Rotary Club, Olney, MD 2013; Republican Club dinner, Berkley Springs, WV; Retired Federal
Employees, Martinsburg, WV; Sagamo Club, Springfield, IL; Senior Center, Ranson, WV 2007,
2010; Shepherdstown Kiwanis Club, Shepherdstown, WV; Shepherdstown Rotary Club
Shepherdstown, WV 2013; Soroptomist Club, Martinsburg, WV; Torch Club, Shepherdstown,
WV 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012; Westminster Rotary Club, Westminster, MD; Winchester
Rotary Club, Winchester, VA 2013; Williamsport MD Rotary Club 2009, 2013; Williamsport,
MD Lions Club; Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Author Conferences
Author Forum, Handley Library, Winchester, VA.; Infinity Author’s Conference, Valley Forge,
PA; New Jersey Beach Writers Conference, Wildwood , NJ; Writer’s Conference,
Fredericksburg, VA; Pearle Buck Writer’s Conference, Perkasie, PA; Christian Writer’s
Conference, Grove City, PA; Historical Fiction Writer’s Workshop, C. Burr Artz Library,
Frederick, MD.
Miscellaneous
Anvil Bus Group, Harpers Ferry, WV; Arlington Senior Center, Arlington, VA; Beall Air
owners program, Charles Town, WV; Bell Reunion, Harpers Ferry, WV; Berryville Garden
Club, Berryville, VA; Blue Bird Bus tour visiting Harpers Ferry, WV; California teacher’s
Group visiting Harpers Ferry, WV; Chatham (Canada) Bus group visiting Harpers Ferry, WV;
Christmas Show, Falling Waters, WV 2009 and 2011; Columbia, Maryland teen program at HF
KOA, Harpers Ferry, WV; Cosmo Club, Washington, DC; Deerfield Historical Society,
Deerfield, OH; Garland Motorcoach group, Harpers Ferry, WV; Dedication of William and
Wesley Culp Memorial, Gettysburg, PA. featured speaker; Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church
picnic, Gerrardstown, WV; Hollins Senior Center, Alexandria, VA 2009, 2014; Institute of
Retired Persons, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Glenwood
Senior Center, Glenwood, MD 2009, 2012; Homewood Senior Center, Frederick, MD; Jefferson
County Garden Club, Charles Town, WV; Lowe Hotel, Point Pleasant, WV; Model T Club
visiting Harpers Ferry, WV; National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV;
National Archives meeting at HF KOA, Harpers Ferry, WV; Old Dominion University
Conference, Harpers Ferry, WV; Olustee Memorial Service, Lake City, FL – featured speaker;
Presbyterian Book Club, Charles Town, WV 2006, 2007, 2008; Ranson Festival, Ranson, WV;
Ron’s Always Women’s Group, Hagerstown, MD; Shepherdstown Women’s Book Club,
Shepherdstown, WV; South Mountain Relic Hunting Club, Williamsport, MD; VA Hospital,
Martinsburg, WV; Writing class, Martinsburg, WV
Weis Market Grocery Store Events
Boonsboro, MD; Chambersburg, PA 2006, 2007; Gettysburg, PA 2007, 2008; Hagerstown, MD;
Ranson, WV 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011; Shippensburg, PA; Thurmont, MD
Radio and Television events
Cable TV -- Jefferson Agenda WV Public Television 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Cable TV – Meet
the Author, Hartford, CT 2008; WEPN Radio Martinsburg, WV 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013; WRNR Radio Martinsburg, WV 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013;
3WZ FM Radio; West Virginia Public Radio 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Authorviews.com –
TV interview; WBYG Radio, Point Pleasant, WV; Radio Station, Danville, IL 2008, 2009, 2010;
WPGC internet radio 2007; West Virginia PBS Television program on WV Statehood, 2013;
National Radio Program “Way Back When” 2013
First Person Impersonations of Ward Hill Lamon
Berryville Senior Center, Berryville, VA; Beta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa (retired
teachers), Ranson, WV; California University of Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table,
California, PA; Carroll County Library, Mt. Airy, MD; Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg,
PA; Daughters of the American Revolution wreath laying at Lamon grave and program in
Gerrardstown, WV; Glenwood Senior Center in Glenwood, MD; First Night, Haddonfield, NJ;
First Night, Charlottesville, VA. (2013, 2014); Harrisburg Home School Association at
Dillsburg, PA; Lamon House, Arts in the Park, Danville, IL (7 times); Danville Public Library,
Danville, IL; Lincoln Day Dinner, Martinsburg, WV; Heritage Days, Belle Boyd House in
Martinsburg, WV (2 times); Kingwood Arts Center, Kingwood, WV; Mason Dixon Civil War
Round Table, Morgantown, WV; Olustee Civil War Reenactment, Olustee, FL (3 times);
National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA; National Federal Marshal’s Museum, Fort Smith,
AR; Ranson Elementary School, Ranson, WV; St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School,
Morgantown, WV; Washington County Libraries, Boonsboro, MD, Williamsport, MD and Clear
Spring, MD; State Line Historical Society, State Line, PA; Union League, Philadelphia, PA;
Wilson College IRP Program at Chambersburg, PA;