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July 27, 2017

This week I’ve received two e-mails with comments from my recent talks at the Let Freedom Ring event on July 4 and my tour and talk on the Brandywine battlefield in connection with the National Park Service’s Summer Teachers Institute.

I enjoy talking about our nation’s history and I was pleased with such positive feedback.

Some of the comments include:

∙ Dear Bruce: I just ran into someone today who attended the “Let Freedom Ring” event. She told me how much she enjoyed your presentation. Thanks again for making our first event so successful!

∙ I want to thank you for your tour of Brandywine Battlefield on July 10 for our Summer Teachers Institute. I wanted to get the teacher’s comments to you, so you would know how pleased they were with your work. They were asked to name the most memorable thing from each day’s activities.

∙I got a lot out of being able to picture the landscape of the war and where things actually occurred.

∙ Speaking and learning about Brandywine from Bruce. He was very articulate and I learned a lot from him.

∙ Touring with Bruce & listening to his stories about people.

∙ To be able to walk on part of the battlefield and walk in a small part of what the soldier’s did left an impact on me.

∙ The best part was meeting Bruce Mowday and Justin Clement. It was very nice to hear them speak directly about their work. Also Bruce going with us on the bus and sharing his knowledge of the battle and the time period.

∙ Driving around Brandywine Battlefield and Bruce’s presentation.

∙ Having Bruce talk to us and then take us over parts of the battle area was most helpful in understanding the battle. The best stop was the township park.

∙ In the case of Brandywine I think driving around to various locations was helpful 1) the battlefield park is so small one might erroneously assume that all there is and 2) it really puts into perspective how history can be “forgotten” when everything gets developed (housing, etc.) The session at Sandy hollow was helpful – Nathanael Greene is one of my favorites and I didn’t realize what a major role he played at warding off the British at the end of the battle.

∙ Standing on the Sandy Hollow Battlefield and understanding better the logistics of Sept. 11, 1777.

∙ Discussion of troop movements of battlefield sites by Bruce Mowday.

∙ Understanding the movement of troops along the Brandywine as explained by Bruce. The Birmingham Cemetery and its monuments dedicated to Sept. 11, 1777 conveyed the significance of the battle.

∙ Touring the battlefield w/the guide’s stories. Helped to make it more personal & relatable, rather than simply formation and tactics. I appreciated how he would admit when he wasn’t sure of something, and gave us ideas for primary sources.

∙ Hearing about the significance of the battle – that though the battle was lost, it was significant in winning the war.

∙ Bruce was a good speaker and very knowledgeable about the topic.

May 15, 2017

Chester County author Bruce Mowday

is featured speaker at two upcoming

Civil War weekend events

Kempton Civil War days take place May 20 and 21

Southern Lancaster County’s Living History encampment is June 23, 24, 25

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday is a featured speaker at the upcoming Kempton Civil War Days and the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society’s annual Civil War Living History encampment.

The Kempton event talks place on May 20 and 21 at the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad, 42 Community Center Drive, Kempton. The event is sponsored by Albany Township Historical Society, Kempton Community Center, and WK&S Railroad.

Mowday will be talking about his books on Fort Delaware, Unlikely Allies, and Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story. His presentations are scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 21.

The Kempton event provides visitors a chance to ride a train while experiencing the Civil War through the memories of the soldiers, spies and politicians who lived during the 1800s. Other events during the Civil War Days include history brought to life by the Damn Dutch and recognition of the Civil War veterans from the local area. For more information, see http://www.kemptontrain.com/kempton-civil-war-days/.

The Southern Chester County Civil War event will take place at the Robert Fulton Birthplace Museum and Garden, Quarryville. Demonstrations, encampments and President Lincoln and General Grant experts will give talks. For more information see, http://www.southernlancasterhistory.org/.

Mowday is an award-winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 15 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

Mowday has a number of talks and signings in the coming week, including three on his new book First Date Homicides. On May 16 at Freedom Village, Coatesville, at 11:30 a.m. Mowday will speak before the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. On May 24 Mowday will speak at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop at 7:00 p.m. On June 6 Mowday will be at the Oxford Library at 6:30 p.m.

Copies of First Date Homicides can be obtained from Mowday by emailing him at mowday@mowday.com. The book costs $19.95.The book is Mowday’s only work of fiction depicting a Chester County murder mystery but a vast majority of the book is true and outlines Christian genocide across the world.

On June 1 Mowday will give a talk on Chester County and American Revolution at the Chester County Historical Society at 6:00 p.m. The talk kicks off the county’s Town Tours and Village Walks program that honors the 240^th anniversary of the Campaign of 1777. Mowday wrote September 11, 1777, the first book on the battle of Brandywine. He also wrote a section of Reporting the Revolution: Before It Was History It Was News. The Reporting the Revolution book was just named one of the 100 best books ever written on the American Revolution.

Mowday will also sign books at the Barnes & Noble, Exton store on June 11 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. as part of a Father’s Day event. Two other talks will take place for the Elderberries at Simpson Meadows, Downingtown, at noon on Downingtown. On June 20 at the Thorndale Inn at 6:00 Mowday will give a presentation of Jailing The Johnston Gang for the Shriner’s.

Chester County author Bruce E. Mowday’s first work of fiction

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County publisher Squire Cheyney Books releases today First Date Homicides, a murder mystery based on facts relating to the Christian genocide and terrorism that is taking place across the globe.

The book is more fact than fiction. The central crimes in Chester County and the Philadelphia area and the characters are fictitious, even though some of the characters have traits of real people. The information about the terrorism and the Christian genocide are real and background crimes used in the book did take place.

“My other books are non-fiction and this book began as one,” author Bruce E. Mowday said. “To try to develop a balanced view of world events, I read many different internet news sites from across the world. I noticed that many acts of terrorism and genocide were taking place in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia that were never reported in the United States. I took notes and read government reports and realized the story had to be told.”

First Date Homicides is available in selected book stores throughout the region, including Chester County Book Outlet, Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop and Kathy’s Corner Shop in North East, Maryland. A wider distribution will take place in the coming weeks, according to Squire Cheyney Books.

The cost of the book is $19.95 and signed copies can be obtained from the author by contacting Mowday at mowday@mowday.com.

“Sadly, the subject of the book remains on the front pages of today’s newspapers,” Mowday said. “During the Easter holidays Christians were targeted and killed in Egypt, France and other countries. One of the readers of an advanced copy said the book is ‘very scary since it’s based on fact .. and really gripping.’ Another reader said the book kept them up at night.”

Mowday will give a talk and sign books on May 5 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the West Chester Book Outlet, 967 Paoli Pike, West Chester, 967 Paoli Pike in the Goshen Shopping Center, home to the former Chester County Book Company. A talk on First Date Homicides is scheduled for May 16 before the National Association For Retired Employees in Coatesville at 11:30 a.m. Mowday is also giving a presentation on the book at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Book Shop, 6 Clouser Road, Mechanicsburg, at 7:00 p.m. on June 28.

Mowday will also have copies of the book available for his upcoming talks and signings, including Wednesday’s talk on Jim Herr and Life With Flavor at Shannondell at Valley Forge at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday Mowday will be signing books for the Coatesville Parents Music Club at the East Fallowfield Community Park from noon to 4:00 p.m.

May events include a talk on Gettysburg with artist Karl Kuerner at the Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table in West Chester at 7:00 p.m. and the First Friday in West Chester event at the Chester County Historical Society from 6:00 pm. until 8:00 p.m. Mowday will also be signing books at the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund event at the Concord Country Club at 7:00 p.m.

Information on all of Mowday’s books and speaking engagements can be found on his website, www.mowday.com.

April 24, 2017

Squire Cheyney Books releases First Date Homicides,

a Chester County murder mystery based on facts

involving the world-wide Christian genocide

Chester County author Bruce E. Mowday’s first work of fiction

The cost of the book is $19.95 and signed copies can be obtained from the author by contacting Mowday at mowday@mowday.com.

Information on all of Mowday’s books and speaking engagements can be found on his website, www.mowday.com.

April 17, 2017

Chester County author Bruce Mowday

takes part in charity events and book signings

Squire Cheyney publishing to release his new book this month

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday will have copies of his new book First Date Homicides available for sale when he takes part in charity events, talks and book signings in the coming month.

Squire Cheyney books is scheduled to release First Date Homicides later this month. The book is fiction based on frightening facts. The chilling details of brutal murders of Christians across the globe used in the book come straight from published reports. The book uses a fictionalized murder investigation in Chester County and Philadelphia to tell the genocide story.

“This is my first fiction book but First Date Homicides is more fact than fiction,” Mowday said. “From reading internet newspapers from all over the world for years reporting on the Christian genocide taking place, it was clear the United States media covered only a small fraction of the stories. I wanted to write a book to highlight the issue and thought the fiction setting was the best option.”

Copies of First Date Homicides can be obtained from Mowday by emailing him at mowday@mowday.com. The book costs $19.95.

Mowday is scheduled to talk and sign books at charity and civic events this month, including a Boy Scouts meeting on April 27 in Marshallton. He will talk about Gettysburg and his book Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story. He will sign books at the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund event on May 11 at the Concord Country Club at 7:00 p.m.

On April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Mowday will talk on Jim Herr and his book Life With Flavor at Shannondell at Valley Forge at 7:30 p.m. On April 30 from noon until 4:00 p.m. he will be signing books at the Coatesville Parents Music Club fundraising event at East Fallowfield Community Park. On May 5, Mowday will sign books at the Chester County Historical Society from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. as part of West Chester’s First Friday event.

The Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table is hosting Mowday and renowned artist Karl Kuerner on Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. at West Chester Borough Hall. Kuerner and Mowday will preview a series of landscape paintings of Gettysburg and the essays Mowday wrote on Kuerner’s subjects.

“The Civil War Round Table event will be a great way for area residents to see some of Karl’s original paintings,” Mowday said. “They are all based on emotion and should lead to those visiting Gettysburg to see the town and battlefield in a different light.”

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday will speak on his Jailing The Johnston Gang book on Wednesday at a meeting of the Chester County Association for the Blind.

“I’m always glad when a great service organization asks me to give a talk,” Mowday said. “The Johnston gang members were Chester County’s most notorious criminals of all time. I covered their trials as a reporter for the Daily Local News.”

Mowday’s talk at the Honeybrook Golf Club will be on “America’s River Begins in Honey Brook” and is based on Mowday’s Along The Brandywine River book. “You could tell what was happening in America’s early history by the development along the Brandywine,” Mowday said. “Honey Brook is an excellent venue for the talk.”

Next month Mowday will give a presentation at the Honey Brook Women’s Club on March 8. He will be in Reading the next day at a Sons of the American Revolution meeting. He will be talking about his book September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia.

Mowday will return to the Honeybrook Golf Club on March 12 at 1:30 p.m. to talk about his book on Richie Ashburn. “Richie is one of the greatest Phillies of all time and we’ll be less than three weeks away from opening day of Major League Baseball when I give the talk,” Mowday said.

Mowday concludes March with a talk on the Brandywine River on March 19 at the East Brandywine Township building at 3:30 p.m. and a Johnston Gang talk at the Caln Historical Society at 2:00 p.m. on March 26.

DOWNINGTOWN _ A new West Chester book released by Arcadia Publishing by father and daughter Bruce and Melissa Mowday is being featured this month on WCHE radio and a number of book talks and signings.

Bruce Mowday and Ray Doyle, one of the photographers contributing to the West Chester book, will take part in the Living History show on WCHE – 1520 AM on Wednesday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m.

The West Chester Rotary on November 10 will hear a presentation by Bruce Mowday on the book and Bruce and Melissa will have the book available at a number of community events, including Thursday’s merchants’ faire at Tel Hai in Honey Brook from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. On Saturday Bruce will be signing books at the Hankin Library, Chester Springs, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Signed copies of Images of Modern America: West Chester are available from Bruce Mowday by contacting him at mowday@mowday.com. The cost of the book is $22.95. All of Bruce’s books can be seen at www.mowday.com.

Bruce’s other book signings include November 12 at noon at the Sanderson Museum, Chadds Ford; and Kathy’s Corner Store, North East, Md., from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

He will give two talks on his book on the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia, this month. On November 10 at 10:00 a.m. he will be at the Paoli Hospital Auxiliary event at Hershey’s Mill and on November 15 he will be at the West Caln Historical Society at 7:00 p.m.

Bruce will also be the keynote speaker at the Lower Providence Township fundraiser on November 12 at 9:00 a.m. and will talk about his book on Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story at the Birdsboro Rotary Club on December 1 at 6:30 p.m. He will give another talk on Pickett’s Charge on December 15 in King of Prussia before a group of retired GE employees.

Citadel Federal Credit Union is hosting two talks, one with author Karol Collins at the Thorndale branch on Friday, November 25, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and the other at the Downingtown branch on December 16 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Bruce’s December schedule includes signings at the Downingtown Library on December 3 from 9:00 a.m. until noon and at Historic Sugartown on December 10 from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Chester County Commissioner Chairman Terence Farrell will join Bruce on WCHE’s Living History show on December 7 at 1 p.m. to talk about Pearl Harbor.

He has three Christmas book signings at Barnes & Noble, Exton, and one at Books A Million in Exton Square. On November 26 he will be at BAM from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Barnes & Noble signings are December 17 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., December 23 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and December 24 from 10:00 a.m. until noon.

Bruce E. Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

WEST CHESTER _ The Chester County Historical Society is hosting the debut of Arcadia Publishing’s new book on West Chester on Friday, October 7, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The book is part of Arcadia’s Images of Modern America series and was written by the father and daughter team of Melissa and Bruce Mowday. Photographs were supplied by photographers Ray Doyle of West Chester and Katrina Garthe of Pottstown and from the County of Chester and the West Chester Business Improvement District.

Doyle, Garthe and representatives of the county and Business Improvement District are expected to attend the book signing at the historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester. Books, costing $22.99, will be available for sale.

“The book captures the vibrancy of West Chester,” Bruce Mowday said. “Melissa and I had a great time putting together the selection of photographs and researching the text for the book.” Bruce is an author and former managing editor of the Daily Local News of West Chester and Melissa is an adjunct teacher at St. Joseph and Widener universities.

Also available at the signing will be two other West Chester books authored by Bruce Mowday. One is an Arcadia pictorial history of the borough through postcards. The other is Six Walking Tours of West Chester published by Schiffer Publishing.

Bruce and Melissa Mowday will also sign books at Barnes & Noble, Exton on October 15 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

On Sunday Bruce Mowday will be at Galer Estate Winery from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. with author Matty Dalrymple and they will be talking about researching information for books. On October 5, Bruce will be at the Wilmington Civil War Round Table Association at 6:30 p.m. talking about his book Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story.

Bruce Mowday’s other appearances in October include a talk on his book on Jim Herr, Life with Flavor, at Simpson Meadows, Downingtown, at noon on October 17; being part of a panel discussion at the Celebrate The Book week at the Bosler Memorial Library, Carlisle, on October 18 and then signing books at the library on October 22 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Bruce will also give a talk on his book Along The Brandywine River on October 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hockessin Library. He will also take part in an event for the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund at Swarthmore College at 6:00 p.m. on October 27.

Bruce Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday was appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historic groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

CHADDS FORD _ Pennsylvania Cable Network’s series Pennsylvania Battlefield has scheduled a segment on the Battle of Brandywine for Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.

The Battle of Brandywine was fought on September 11, 1777, and was the main engagement of the Philadelphia campaign during the American Revolution. The loss at Brandywine allowed the British to occupy Philadelphia and caused the Continental Congress to vacate the city.

Battlefield Pennsylvania Host Brady Crytzer, a lecturer of history at Robert Morris University, interviewed authors Michael Harris and Bruce Mowday about Brandywine. The show was taped at Brandywine River Museum earlier this month.

“I’m glad Brady and PCN selected Brandywine as a subject for its series,” Mowday said. Brandywine played a major role in the American Revolution. A number of famous Americans took part in the engagement and it was Lafayette’s first battle in the American Revolution and he was wounded.

Mowday authored the first in-depth book on the battle, September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia. The book took six years to research and write and included a trip to London to review British government and army records. Mowday writes about history, business, sports and true crime. For all of his books, see www.mowday.com.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups.
PCN’s Battlefield Pennsylvania takes a look at the military men and the battles they engaged in, as well as the challenges of diplomacy, warfare and frontier living that are so evident in Pennsylvania history.

COLUMBIA, PA. _ The Columbia Historic Preservation Society has selected Chester County author Bruce Mowday to begin its 2016 lecture series.

Mowday will give a talk on his book September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia. The lecture will begin at 2:00 p.m. at Banner Hall, 21 North Second Street, Columbia.

“I’m honored that Chris Vera, director of the society, asked me to be the first speaker for the 2016 series,” Mowday said. “The American Revolution battle of Brandywine was important in our nation’s history in so many ways. I’m looking forward to sharing information on George Washington, Lafayette and others that took part in the battle.”

The lecture series continues each Saturday through September 24. For a list of speakers, see https://columbiahistory.net/1324-2/.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

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