23 titles from award winning author, Ed Okonowicz

Public Appearance Schedule

Ed Okonowicz's schedule for public events and programs for 2011 are posted as received. (Please check with representatives at the site of the program, since events are subject to change.) For more information on costs and reservations, call the number listed. Here is the list, as of this time.

(Updated September, 13, 2011)

The Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse and at Fort Delaware, sites of previous tours.

FORT DELAWARE & PORT PENN EVENTS

FORT DELAWARE's evening GHOST/HISTORY TOURS and the historic site have been featured on the Sci-Fi Network's "TAPS" and The Learning Channel program "GHOST WATERS." They also have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, as well and segments on regional radio and television.

The 2009 season was the last that Ed Okonowicz presented the Ghost/History evening Candlelight Tours at Fort Delaware. These tours will continue and are schedule for the current season. In 2011, he will present a free ghost story program at Port Penn in June, and three talks on "Delware's Medal of Honor Recipients" at Fort Delaware over Memorial Day weekend. These dates are posted below.

Ed's book "Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware" is OUT OF PRINT, but will be reissued in May 2013 by Stackpole Books.

For information on living history programs, fort events, Candlelight Ghost Tours and special HALLOWEEN SEASON, GHOST HUNTING programs, call park historian Laura Lee at (302) 834-7941, or visit the Fort Delaware reservations web site.

SCHEDULED PROGRAMS

September 12, , Monday, 2 p.m., Delaware History Through Monuments, Memorials and Markers, Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Wilmington, Del., Sponsored by Delaware Humanities Forum.

September 14, Wednesday, 12:45 p.m., , Delaware's Medal of Honor Recipients and Hero George Welch, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Wilmington, Del.

CANCELLED BY SPONSOR, NO RAIN DATE — September 17, Saturday, 5 p.m., Cemetery Walk at Old Drawyers Church, with Mike Dixon, historian, Odessa, Del.

October 14, Friday, and 15, Saturday, evening tours, Ghosts and History on the Green, with Mike Dixon, historian, at University of Delaware, for returning and new students during Parents and Family Weekend.

October 19, Wednesday 7 p.m., Haunted Lighthouse Tales and Sea Superstitions, Delmar Library, Delmar, Del.

October 21, Friday 8 p.m., Halloween Horrors: Vampires and Witches in Movies and Literature, at Unionville Middle School, in Chester County, Pa., sponsored by Hadley Memorial Fund. (for ages 14 and above)

October 22, Saturday 1 p.m., Tales Tombstones Tell, Newark Library, Newark, Del.

October 24, Monday, 7 p.m., Storytelling from the Brandywine to the Bay, Shipley Manor, Wilmington, Del., Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

October 27, Thursday, 1 p.m., Newark and Univesity of Delaware Ghost Stories, Millcroft Retirement Home, Newark, Del.

October 27, Thursday, 7 p.m., Delaware History Through Folklore and Ghost Stories, Bellevue State Park, Wilmington, Del.

October 28, Friday, Delaware History Through Writing, Storytelling and Folklore, Milford Academy, Milford, Del.

October 28, Friday 1:30 p.m., Delaware History and Ghost Stories, Heritage at Milford, Milford, Del.

October 28, Friday 7 p.m., Ghost Stories, Milford Library, Milford, Del.

—NEW PROGRAM—October 29, Saturday, 7 p.m., Tales of Grave Digging and Grave Robbing, Fieldstone Stable, Odessa, Del. Sponsored by Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library. Phone for reservations, 302-378-8838.

October 31, Monday 2 p.m., Tales Tombstones Tell, Somerford, Newark, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

November 1, Tuesday, 2 p.m., Tales Tombstones Tell, Methodist Manor House, Seaford, Del.

—NEW PROGRAM—November 1, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Tales of Grave Digging and Grave Robbing, Rehoboth Beach Library.

2012

January 22, Sunday, 2 p.m., "Storytelling from the Brandywine ot the Bay," Corbit-Calloway Library, Odessa, Del.

February 1, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., "Meet the Presidents: Trivia, Tales and Truths of Our Nation's Leaders," Fairhaven, Sykesville, Md.

February 15, Wednesday, 7 p.m., "Meet the Presidents: Trivia, Tales and Truths of Our Nation's Leaders," Delmar Library, Delmar, Del.

February 20, Monday, 2 p.m., "Meet the Presidents: Trivia, Tales and Truths of Our Nation's Leaders," Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Wilmington, Del.

February 21, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., "Meet the Presidents: Trivia, Tales and Truths of Our Nation's Leaders," Chesapeake City Library, Chesapeake City, Md.

May 20, Sunday, 2 p.m., "Remembering Nights at the Drive-In," Corbit-Calloway Library, Odessa, Del.

May 21, Monday, 2 p.m., "Foodlore: Muskrat, Scrapple and More," Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Wilmington, Del.

July 12, Thursday, 2 p.m., "Remembering Nights at the Drive-In," Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Wilmington, Del.

September 13, Thursday, 2 p.m., "Storytelling from the Brandywine to the Bay," Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Wilmington, Del.

TO BOOK OR CONTACT:

For additional information about these events, call the site. To find out about having Ed present a program at your club, group, library, conference, Boy or Girl Scout troop, or school, call him at 410 398-5013 or send an e-mail at edo@mystandlace.com

PRIVATE or CLUB GATHERINGS/ANNIVERSARY/FAMILY EVENTS—CEMETERY TOURS: Private cemetery history/ghost tours are available for those looking for an unusual private event. Free books are given to the guest(s) of honor. Suitable for small groups that want an out-of-this-earthly-world guided walk. Call for info.

Ed is a member of the Delaware Humanities Speakers Bureau and Visiting Scholars Programs, which support several of his presentations. The Maryland Humanities Council sponsors the Patriotic Music and Foodlore programs.

He and Mike Dixon also will meet with representatives of nonprofit groups, schools or organizations to develop town walking tours or cemetery tours or programs at historic sites that are excellent fundraisers.

They also will speak and guide bus groups that visit the area for conventions and conferences.

Contact Ed to discuss a public performance, to develop a fund raising program or to arrange a book signing at 410 398-5013 or send an e-mail to [edo@mystandlace.com]

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