The author, an expert in special operations, is a professional speaker focused on history spanning the Revolution, WWI and WWII, to modern war, and diverse topics, such as female spies. Patrick O�Donnell speaks for corporate leadership and events and is a tour guide for select clients on battlefields in Europe and the United States.
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- Recipient of the 2017 Daughters of the American Revolution National Excellence in American History Book Award—speaker at DAR National Convention, June 2017
- USMC School of the Infantry, via LTG JamesMattis
- Captain’s Course, Fort Benning, via LTG H.R. McMaster
- The Smithsonian Institution
- National Portrait Gallery
- New-York Historical Society
- The Society of The Cincinnati—Anderson House
- President Ronald Reagan's Ranch, Rancho del Cielo
- The Heritage Foundation
- Mount Vernon—Ford Motor Company Evening Lecture Series
- Keynote speaker for the Grand Opening of the Museum of the American Revolution at Yorktown
- Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
- Captain’s Course, USMC, Quantico
- Provided guided tours of Normandy, France (D-Day invasion beaches and drop zones) for USMC Fifth Marines, USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment
- U.S. Army Special Forces Command Leadership Conference
- DARPA Senior Leadership Conference
- NPR, Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN (BookTV), MSNBC (appeared on each program multiple times);subject of reviews and feature stories by hundredsof newspapers and radio programs
- CPAC � Chairman�s Dinner �Keynote speaker kicked off the entire conference.
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, on the site of the Battle of Brooklyn (sold-out/standing-room only); Fox Newsand Global Catholic Television Network covered the event
- JohnBatchelor(ABC Radio) hosted two, one-hour segments based onWashington’s Immortals.
- Washington’s Immortalswas a key element of the Civil War Trust’sCampaign 1776.
- National Park Service’s 235th Anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greensboro, NC—keynote speaker (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- Princeton Battlefield Society, Civil War Trust, Princeton, NJ—keynote speaker (sold-out event, standing-room only event)
- David Library of the American Revolution, Washington Crossing, PA (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- Politics & Prose, Washington, DC—keynote speaker
- Civil War Trust Fund Dinner,Baltimore, MD—keynote speaker to senior donors
- RowfantClub, Cleveland, OH—keynote speaker
- NYC Revolutionary War Roundtable,New York City, NY—keynote speaker (sold-out)
- Legendary historian Thomas Fleming presented O’Donnell a Certificate of Recognition for “his superb book”Washington’s Immortals.
- Revolutionary War Roundtable,Mount Vernon, VA—keynote speaker; sponsored by Center for Military History historian Glenn Williams
- World War II Round Table, Minneapolis, MN (fifth time presenting)
- Pritzker Library and Museum, Chicago IL (seventh time presenting)
- The Society of The Cincinnati, Anderson House, Washington, DC—keynote speaker (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- Co-host,SiriusXMRadio: D-Day, June 6
- Co-host,SiriusXMRadio: American Revolution—Eight Hours of the American Revolution, July 4
- National Public Radio(NPR – Here & Now)
- President Ronald Reagan’s Ranch, Santa Barbara, California—keynote speaker (standing-room only event)
- Mount Vernon—Ford Distinguished Speakers Series in conjunction with the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington—keynote speaker (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- The Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC—keynote speaker (sold-out event)
- Maryland Statehouse, Annapolis, MD keynote speaker (standing-room only event)
- Hosted by Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan and the City of Annapolis to honorWashington’s Immortals
- Introduced by the President of the Maryland Senate, Thomas V. “Mike” Miller
- A portion of the event was held in the same chamber where General Washington resigned his commission to Congress.
- Maryland History Roundtable, Maryland National Guard Armory, Baltimore, MD—keynote speaker; presentation to the leadership of the Maryland National Guard (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- The 29thDivision and 175thInfantry Regiment draw their lineage from Major Mordecai Gist and the Baltimore Independent Cadets, “Washington’s Immortals.”
- Officially designated as an Honorary Member of the Regiment by the Secretary of the United States Army
- FrauncesTavern, New York City, NY—site of Washington’s farewell address to his officers (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- St. Edward High School, Lakewood, OH—addressed entire school of 1,000 students
- O’Donnell’s alma mater selected four of his books as mandatory summer reading for each grade level.
- Princeton Battlefield—Civil War Trust and Princeton Battlefield Society keynote speaker, tied to commemoration and reenactment of the battle
- New-York Historical Society, New York City, NY (sold-out, standing-room only event)
- Maryland National Guard “Pass and Review” of the entire 175thInfantry Regiment (29thDivision), Maryland National Guard Armory, Baltimore, MD—honored guest and keynote speaker
- Grand opening American Revolution Museum at Yorktown—3/29/2017
- Maryland Historical Society May 2017
- Sons of the American Revolution National Convention 2018
