UPCOMING:

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 6:30 pm, Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, Maryland, History Happy Hour: Speaking on topic of “Maryland Invaded!” about the 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland and my new book And Slavery No More. Here is the registration link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36765/production/1281485?performanceId=11837996

Friday, August 14, 2026, 2:00 pm, PLP “Friday With Friends” at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland: Speaking, along with author Frank Gorman, on the topic of “Maryland Civil War Myths, Mysteries, and Conspiracies.” Registration link coming soon.

Friday, August 28, 2026, at 1 pm, Country Meadows Retirement Community, Frederick, Maryland (Private event): Speaking on topic of “Maryland Invaded!” about the 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland and my new book And Slavery No More.

Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 6:30 pm, Towson Branch of Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Maryland: Speaking on topic of “Maryland Invaded!” about the 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland and my new book And Slavery No More. Link coming soon.

Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, appearing at Carroll Book Festival in Westminster, Maryland. Here is the festival’s website: https://carrollbookfestival.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEyVFFCZGVPZkZ2TkdxMEh2M3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5_CMGEowtj4qAJUdU1W_oS9o-Mdzu1ZUHl9epX8ev4OJzBS6TpUTudYlDBHQ_aem_H-VLUt4rjGIlGQKb_e6KRg

September 24, 2026, at 11:00 am, Howard County Glenwood Fifty Plus Center (Membership required to attend): Speaking on topic of “Maryland Invaded!” about the 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland and my new book And Slavery No More.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 6:00 pm, Snook Family Farm Center in Frederick Maryland: Speaking on topic of “Maryland Invaded!” about the 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland and my new book And Slavery No More. Link coming soon.

PAST:

—Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, Maryland, on August 16, 2024. Spoke at the museum’s “History Happy Hour” on the topic of “Maryland and the Road to the White House.”

—Baltimore County Public Library, at the library’s Towson’s Branch, on July 11, 2024. Spoke on the many conventions held in Baltimore in a presentation entitled “Baltimore and the Road to the White House.”

—Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, on June 22, 2024. Spoke at the annual “Roosevelt Reading Festival” about my book, Roosevelt to Roosevelt, and, specifically, about Franklin Roosevelt’s nominating conventions.

–Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum in Staunton, Virginia, on May, 13, 2024. Spoke on “Professor to President: Woodrow Wilson’s Nominating Conventions.” The event was sponsored by the Wilson Library and Museum.

–Baltimore Heritage at the Engineers Club in the Mount Vernon section of Baltimore, on May 5, 2024. Spoke on “Baltimore: President-Making City.”

–Friends of Sagamore Hill (home of Theodore Roosevelt) on May 2, 2024, at Christ Church in Oyster Bay, New York. Spoke on “Outsider, Insider, Outsider: Theodore Roosevelt’s Nominating Conventions.”

–Howard County Historical Society and Howard County Library System, on April 23, 2024, at the Miller Branch of the Howard County Library. Spoke about the many conventions held in Baltimore in a presentation entitled “Baltimore and the Road to the White House.”