April 18, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
For information on reserving tickets click here. Author Anthony Pitch will talk about the Lincoln assassination based on his new book, "They Have Killed Papa Dead!" The program concludes with an audience question-and-answer session. Pitch will sign copies of his book in the lobby following the program.
Books may be purchased through the Ford’s Theatre Online Store here. Books also will be available for purchase in the Ford’s Theatre gift shop prior to the event.
Anthony was invited to participate in the National Press Club's annual book fair. To see him interviewed during the book fair by C-Span's Book TV click here.
After nine years of research and writing, Anthony's new book was published to wide acclaim with rave reviews. To read them click here. The book received the Arline Custer Memorial Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference for best book of 2009.
On the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination Anthony S. Pitch spoke inside a packed Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., on his new book, "They Have Killed Papa Dead!" The book received the Arline Custer Memorial Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference for best book of 2009.
On the anniversary of Francis Scott Key writing the national anthem, Anthony S. Pitch spoke at Fort McHenry and at The National Press Club, Washington, D.C. on "The Burning of Washington and the Birth of the Anthem."
Anthony S. Pitch was recently featured on the History TV Channel's documentary "First Invasion."