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View each Website page for details about each of my books
The Ladies were Daughters Too won 3rd Place in the Spring 2024 History Category
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Looking forward to Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the Central Florida Railroad Museum in Winter Garden, for Community Day. Six Central Florida Historical Societies will be available from 9AM to 3PM to tell visitors about their organizations and museums.
The Ladies were Daughters Too is an in-person presentation based upon my latest book of the same title. Each presentation, however, is customized to the locale where my presentation is given. My book begins with a history of a group of determined women in the 1850s who, against all odds, formed a national organization for the purpose of saving the tomb and homeplace of our Nation’s first President. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association cracked the infamous glass ceiling – but it also set the stage for another organization of patriotic women to follow. My book moves on next to The Daughters of the American Revolution, an organization formed in 1890, but in 1892, received a surprising kick-start from still another assembly of very determined American women. Called “Lady Managers,” the temporary organization of national women was led by an extraordinary lady well-known to Florida, but never really acknowledged for her role in establishing the National Society of the DAR.
Contact Rick@CroninBooks.com for details on how to arrange a presentation for your Society anywhere throughout Florida. (Beyond Florida? Let's talk about it.)
See History Event page for complete list of 2024 Presentations
(To arrange a presentation inquire Rick@CroninBooks.com)
Upcoming 2024 - 2025 Events
Central Florida Railroad Museum Host
Winter Garden, Florida
Saturday, May 18, 2024 9AM to 5PM
Ghost Towns & Phantom Trains
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation
June 20 at 6:30 PM, 21 E. Plant Street, Winter Garden
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The Ladies were Daughters Too - Winter Park Edition
October 9, 2024
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The Ocklawaha Chapter of the DAR
October 12, 2024
The Ladies were Daughter Too - Palm Beach Edition
November 16, 2024
The Chase Brothers and their Sunniland Dynasty
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, November 21, 2024
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Marion Dragoons Chapter 2311
January 21, 2025
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Pine Castle Pioneer Days
February, 2025
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Mount Dora Woman's Club
March 5, 2025
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The Ladies were Daughters Too - St. Augustine Edition
March 12, 2025
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The Ladies were Daughter Too - Bradenton Edition
March 14, 2025
