February 21, 2017 6pm – Speaking engagement: The Man Called Brown Condor at the Pascagoula, Mississippi Library 3214 Pascagoula St, Pascagoula, MS 39567 (228) 769-3060 at the invitation of the Pascagoula Genealogy and History Society. Simmons received an honorarium and a commemorative coin presented in a lovely mahogany box.
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March 3, 2017 Noon – Keynote speaker at the Mississippi Department Archives and History www.mdah.ms.gov annual meeting, this time on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as part of the Mississippi Bi-Centennial celebration. I will receive an honorarium. The subject is my book The Man Called Brown Condor. Lynn Meadows Center, Gulfport www.lmdc.org
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March 8, 2017 Thomas E. Simmons interview with WLOX March 8, 2017 for the 4 o’clock show. Home WLOX-TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Mississippi – WLOX.com …www.wlox.com
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May 3, 2017 Luncheon speaking engagement: The Last Quinn Standing at the Cat Island Coffee House – Home of Pass Christian Books 300 E Scenic Dr., Pass Christian, MS 39571. (228) 222-4827 What time is the talk?
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