Nearly 50 people, including more than a dozen children, attended my WAR PIGEONS presentation at the Hiram Historical Society on July 8. Jon Bernhard was there, too, with a crate of birds, and he spoke about his homing pigeons after the PowerPoint. Both adults and children held and petted his beautiful pigeons, and then he …
On Saturday, July 8, 2023 I’ll be giving a talk on war pigeons at 1:30 at the Hiram Historical Society, 20 Historical Ridge, Hiram, ME. Afterwards, I’ll be signing and selling my book, WAR PIGEONS: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957, so if you want to learn about the world’s most extraordinary bird and …
Getting their messages through was the message for my winter 2023 talks about war pigeons at libraries and historical societies around Maine. Sometimes pigeon fancier and friend, Jon Bernhard, was able to bring a sampling of his marvelous homing pigeons for attendees to meet. This is what Andy Ryer, Librarian at the Thomas Memorial Library …
2023 will start off with two local WAR PIGEONS book talks this month, both with the added interest and fun of Jon Bernhard’s homing pigeons! The presentations will be on: January 19 at the Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME at 6:30 pm; and January 25 at the Baxter Memorial Library, Gorham, ME at 6 …
Fall talks at six Maine libraries and historical societies ended on November 9 with a presentation at the Raymond Village Library. Jon Bernhard brought a crate of homing pigeons for the audience to see. Everyone enjoyed meeting real homing pigeons, birds of military legend and honor. Here’s what Rachel Holden, the Adult Services Librarian, said …
Fall 2022 has been busy with talks about the extraordinary homing pigeons that served alongside American servicemen and women. In September I gave talks at two historical societies, one with live birds. Here’s what Lorraine Glidden, Secretary of the Westbrook (ME) Historical Society said about the September 10 event: “Both members of the Historical Society …