“No Higher Honor” Author in Montrose, NY – TODAY

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If you are in the Greater NYC area today and are interested in compelling stories, you need to head over and meet Brad Peniston:

The National Maritime Historical Society has invited me to talk about “No Higher Honor: Saving the Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf” tomorrow near their New York headquarters.
When: noon, Sat. July 28
Where: The Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, N.Y. 10548
– Phone: 914-739-5654
– Google map
The event is open to the public; please come! Brad

(h/t xformed)

 

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  1. I soooooo wanted to go see this guy speak. I read on his website that he was going to be at Battleship Cove on July 15th. I was all set to go when the people at Battleship Cove helped me figure out is was July 15….2006. Brad has fixed the website since, lol. He’s looking out for other nonsensical fans like myself. Anyway, I arranged to have him autograph a book today and the NMHS is shipping it to me.

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