Awards and Honors

Anthony is an award-winning author, acclaimed public speaker, and Washington, D.C.'s foremost anecdotal history tour guide. He has received the following awards and honors in recognition of the quality and passion given to each of his undertakings:

"They Have Killed Papa Dead!"

The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

• Arline Custer Memorial Prize for best book of 2009, awarded by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia, District of Columbia.
• Invited to give a speech inside Ford’s Theatre on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814

• Selection of the History Book Club.
• Movie rights twice optioned by National Geographic.
• Arline Custer Memorial Prize for best book of 2001, awarded by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia, District of Columbia.
• Invited annually to give a speech (based on this book) at Fort McHenry on the anniversary of Francis Scott Key writing the national anthem.
• Narrated inside the White House for Tribune Broadcasting TV while showing scorch marks from fires set by British troops in 1814.
• The White House announced that President Clinton took this book on vacation.
• Recipient of the annual book award from the Maryland Historical Society.
• Certificate of Commendation from American Association of State and Local History.