PREVIOUS EVENTS

May 15, 2023  
Book review of Prisoners of Congress entitled “The Quaker Exile: A Hidden History Comes to Light,” by Amy Cohen is found on the website Hidden History-Philadelphia.           
Click Here to Review

June 14, 2023
Arch Street Friends Meetinghouse, Philadelphia book launch

June 19, 2023
Ned’s retirement from Princess Grace Foundation-USA board of directors. Presentation of book to HSH Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, in tribute to his mother Grace Kelly’s role as a Quaker pacifist wife opposite the role of Gary Cooper as the town marshal in the Western feature film “High Noon” (1953), at Consulate General of Monaco, New York, NY.

June 20, 2023
The American Revolution Institute at Anderson House, headquarters of The Society of The Cincinnati, on embassy row in Washington, DC.
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July 16, 2023
Hale-Byrnes House, Newark, DE

July 23, 2023
Interview of NED by David Unkovic, attorney and member of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, part of the educational series.
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July 26, 2023
“Authors & Oysters,” Imperial Hotel, Chestertown, MD, sponsored by Bookplate Book Store

 July 28, 2023
Interview of NED by Phil Beckman on Pennsylvania Cable Network TV. To be aired as part of its Books series in the Fall at a date TBD by PCN-TV.

September 20, 2023
Lunch at the Library of American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 24, 2023
On Pennsylvania Cable Network-TV
(www.pcntv.com - channel 186 on cable in Philadelphia

7PM Host Phil Beckman will air a pre-recorded interview on his “Pennsylvania Books” program with author Norman E. “Ned” Donoghue.

September 25, 2023
PCNTV/Podcast

Monday, 8 am. The same interview noted directly above will be aired again on the next morning. 

After the interview has been aired twice, the audio of the interview will be posted here as an episode of the PCNTV podcast at a later date:

September 27, 2023
Visitor Center of Washington Crossing Park

Washington Crossing
Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Presented by American Philosophical Society as part of its David Center for the American Revolution programs. Register on APS site.

September 29, 2023
Pennswood Village
Newtown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania

1382 Newtown Langhorne Rd.

October 5, 2023
Stenton (house museum)

4601 N. 18th St., Phila.,
National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America (PA)

October 26, 2023
The Franklin Inn Club

Thursday Luncheon Roundtable
205 South Camac Street, Philadelphia. PA
Dames of America (PA)

November 28, 2023
American Revolution Roundtable

MaGerk’s Tavern, WhiteMarsh, Pa

December 4, 2023
The Free Library of Phila

Parkway Central, Skyline room, 4th Floor,

March 4, 2024
Foulkeways Village,

Gwynedd, Pa

March 8, 2024
The Philadelphia Club,

Philadelphia, Pa
Luncheon 12-2PM

April 3, 2024
Library Company of Philadelphia, (founded by Benjamin Franklin 1743)

Philadelphia, Pa

April 11, 2024
Duke University Library,

Durham, NC

April 14, 2024

Chapel Hill Friends Meeting

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Recorded Video Events

"Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778" with Norman E. 'Ned' Donoghue II

This event will take place on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET in Benjamin Franklin Hall and will also be livestreamed.

Broadcasted 9/20/23 11:55am - 9/20/23 1:03pm

→Click Here to watch recorded broadcast. The introduction of Ned begins at about 15:10 and Ned’s talk begins at 21:00.