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Events 

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Shoreline Civil War Roundtable

February 4, 2025

Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Details to be provided

 

'President Grant's Tomb: An American Pantheon's Untold Story' Webinar

New York Adventure Club

July 2, 2024, 5:30 - 7:00 PM

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Presidential Lecture: Lesser Known Presidents of the Gilded Age

June 20, 2024,  7:00 PM, Winchester Gardens,  Maplewood, NJ (private)

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Passaic County Book Festival

June 8, 2024, 11-4:00 PM

Weasel Brook Park, NJ

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'President Grant's Tomb: An American Pantheon's Untold Story' 

New York Adventure Club

Coterie Hudson Yards , 505 W 35th St, New York, NY 10001 (private)

May 27, 2024, 11:00 AM

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“The Presidents & Sports: An American Tradition”

April 13, 2024 Grover Cleveland Birthplace 

207 Bloomfield Avenue

Caldwell, NJ 

07006

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'President Grant's Tomb: An American Pantheon's Untold Story' Webinar

New York Adventure Club

March 26, 2024, 5:30 - 7:00 PM

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Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York Guest Speaker

Civil War Presidents  presentation & book signing

March 19, 2024, 6:00 PM :Villa Mosconi, 69 MacDougal Street, New York, NY

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Presidential Lecture

February 15, 2024,  7:00 PM, Winchester Gardens,  Maplewood, NJ (private)

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'Mourning in America: A History of Presidential Assassinations' Webinar

New York Adventure Club

January 30, 2024, 5:30 - 7:00 PM

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Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York Guest Speaker

Grant's Tomb presentation & book signing

July 25, 2023, 6:00 PM :Villa Mosconi, 69 MacDougal Street, New York, NY

$60 per person (incudes dinner)

 

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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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Passaic County Book Festival

June 10, 2023, 11-4:00 PM

Weasel Brook Park, NJ

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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

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President's Day February 20, 2017 - Podcast www.History Author.com

Interview with Dean Karayanis "Where the Presidents Were Born"

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President's Day February 20, 2017 - Grover Cleveland Birthplace

1:30 PM Book Signing

207 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, New Jersey 07006

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Saturday, February 18, 2017 - New Jersey National History Day

Head Judge

Kean University

1000 Morris Ave,

Union, New Jersey 07083

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Thursday, February 16, 2017 - Bergen County Historical Society

7:30 PM Lecture "The President is Dead!"

1201 Main Street 

River Edge, New Jersey 07661

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November 23, 2016 - Eisenhower Middle School

Presentation to students

 47 Eyland Ave

Succasunna, New Jersey 07876

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October 28, 2016 - Senior Life Center at Sussex County Community College

Presentation "The Interesting Places Our Presidents Were Born and the Surprising Ways They Died"

George Washington's Mount Vernon

3200 Mount Vernon Hwy

Mt Vernon, Virginia 22121

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October 7-9, 2016 - “Region and Nation in American Histories of Race and Slavery”

Awarded grant to attend

George Washington's Mount Vernon

3200 Mount Vernon Hwy

Mt Vernon, Virginia 22121

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June 1, 2016 - International Conference “U.S. Presidents and Russian Rulers”

Presented “The Evolution of Presidential Birthplace Commemoration: From Washington to Obama”  (publication pending)

Russian Academy of Sciences

Leninsky Ave, 14,

Moscow, 119991

Russia

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May 7, 2016 - New Jersey National History Day

Judge

William Paterson University

300 Pompton Rd

Wayne, New Jersey 07470

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April 22, 2016 - Bergen County Historical Society

7:00 PM Lecture "Where the Presidents Were Born"

1201 Main Street 

River Edge, New Jersey 07661

 

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April 10, 2016 - Bergen County Historical Society

1:00 PM Author's Day

1201 Main Street 

River Edge, New Jersey 07661

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