Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum Lectures on Nov 23 & 30

Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum (432 W Walnut St Allentown) (click here for website)
will sponsor two lectures in November related to the Civil War. See below for details:

Saturday, November 23, 1:00 p.m.: “James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War” 
Lecture and Book Signing Presented by Dr. Michael Birkner 
James Buchanan entered the White House in 1857 with sectional disharmony already intensifying.  By the end of his term, southern state secession commenced.  This talk, based in part on the recently published book The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens,will be presented by Dr. Michael Birkner of Gettysburg College.  FREE to members; non-members $8 adults, $3 children. 

Saturday, November 30, 1:00 p.m.: "Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant" 
Lecture & Book Signing Presented by Dr. Chris Mackowski
Facing financial ruin and struggling against terminal throat cancer, Ulysses S. Grant fought his last battle to preserve the meaning of the American Civil War.  His war of words, “The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant,” cemented his place as one of America’s greatest heroes and most sublime literary voices.  FREE to members; non-members $8 adults, $3 children.