History Club Hosts: "Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant"
TOMORROW: Wednesday, September 4, 2018 at 7 p.m.
Batavia, NY (09/03/2019) — What: History Club Hosts: "Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant"
When: TOMORROW: Wednesday, September 4, 2018 at 7 p.m.
Where: Genesee Community College
One College Road, Batavia Campus - Room T102 Conable Technology Building
Who: All are invited and welcome!
Background: Genesee Community College's History Club invites everyone to Historical Horizons Lecture Series taking place on the Batavia campus on the first Wednesday of every month this fall.
On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 7 p.m. the season kicks off as Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of Journalism and Communications at St. Bonaventure University discusses his book, "Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant." 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" would cement his place as not only one of America's greatest heroes, but also as one of its most sublime literary voices.
The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in room T102 of the Conable Technology Building, is free and open to the public.
For additional details about the overall Fall Lecture Series including this Saturday's three-act play at GCC's Medina Campus Center, "Now We Stand by Each Other Always," click here: https://news.genesee.edu/news/2019/08/21/history-club-gcc-brings-history-life
For more information, visit https://gcchistoricalhorizons.wordpress.com/ or contact Marketing Communications Director Donna Rae Sutherland at (585) 343-0055 ext. 6616, or via email: dsutherland@genesee.edu.
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