Upcoming:

Friday, November 6, 2026 - Hillsboro Preservation Foundation, Hillsboro, Virginia, 6:00 p.m talk on Lafayette: Idealist General and book signing in the Eat, Drink & Be Literary series. Hillsboro’s Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. For info, call 540-586-8001

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 - Potomac Hills Women’s Club, McLean, Virginia. Morning talk on Lafayette: Idealist General and book signing.

Thursday, November 19 , 2026 - Rust Library, Leesburg, Virginia. 7:00 p.m. talk on Flag: An American Biography and book signing. 380 Old Waterford Rd. NW, Leesburg. 703-777-0323. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, November 24, 2026 - Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. 6:00 p.m. talk on Lafayette: Idealist General and book signing. 164 King St., Charleston. For ticket info and more, call 843-723-9912 or go to https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/the-marquis/

Monday, January 25, 2027 - Politics and Prose bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 7:00 p.m. Discussion with biographer Ray Boomhower about his new book, Wallace Terry: A Reporter's Journey from Selma to Saigon to Bloods and book signing.

Archived:

September 2014 live interview on CBS TV's This Morning Saturday on Francis Scott Key and "The Star-Spangled Banner."

June 2014 talk on Francis Scott Key at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

September 2020 livestream interview about The Levy Family and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello with Susan Stein at the Jefferson Library in Charlottesville, Virginia, for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

January 2012 talk on the Marquis de Lafayette for the Great Lives Series at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia

July 2014 tour of the Monocacy National Battlefield Park in Frederick, Maryland, and Fort Stevens in Washington, D.C., the subject of Desperate Engagement, on C-SPAN's Book-TV

June 20, 2025, Q&A about The Unlikely War Hero  with Jack Farrell of Biographers International Organization on the BIO Podcast

Events

A man with glasses, gray hair, and a beard, smiling, sitting at a table with books and a photo of a soldier playing guitar in front of him.
Three TV hosts sitting at a news table on a talk show set with a large screen behind them displaying the words "What So Proudly" and a graphic of the American flag.
A person giving a lecture or presentation in a small library or bookstore, with an audience seated facing the speaker, surrounded by tall bookshelves filled with books.
Three people sitting on a panel during a discussion, with water bottles on tables in front of them.
A man with glasses and a beard, dressed in a dark suit, is sitting at a table signing multiple copies of a book titled 'Saving Monticello'. He is smiling and holding a pen. Standing behind him are three people, two men and one woman, engaged in conversation. The setting appears to be indoors, possibly at a book signing event.
Close-up of a person signing a certificate or document titled 'Battle of the Beered.' The person is using a black marker and holding a sheet of paper. The person's hands are visible, and they are wearing a light-colored shirt.