BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90@harrisburgcwrt.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T213000 DTSTAMP:20241203T011228Z URL:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/events/grants-last-battle-the-story-of-ulys ses-s-grants-personal-memoirs/ SUMMARY:Grant's Last Battle: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memo irs DESCRIPTION:Note: \; The date of our April engagement has been changed from Friday\, April 11 to Friday\, April 4.\nPlease join us on Friday\, Ap ril 4\, as Dr. Chris Mackowski recounts the remarkable story of how one of America’s greatest military heroes became a literary legend.\nThe forme r general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War\, a two-term p resident of the United States\, a beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe\, Ulysses S. Grant was dying. The hardscrabble man who re gularly smoked twenty cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. T hus began Grant’s final battle—a race against his own failing health t o complete his personal memoirs in an attempt to secure his family’s fin ancial security. \; In this maelstrom of woe\, Grant refused to surren der. Putting pen to paper\, the hero of Appomattox embarked on his final c ampaign: an effort to write his memoirs before he died. The Personal Memoi rs of Ulysses S. Grant \;would cement his place as not only one of Ame rica’s greatest heroes but also as one of its most sublime literary voic es.  \;The project evolved into an effort to secure the very meaning o f the Civil War itself and how it would be remembered.\nDr. Mackowski is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventu re University in New York\, where he also serves as the associate dean for undergraduate programs. He is also the historian-in-residence at Stevenso n Ridge\, a historic property on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield in Virginia. An award-winning author\, he has written or edited more than a dozen books\, and is the managing editor of the Emerging Civil War Serie s published by Savas Beatie. \; A much-in-demand speaker\, he has led members of our Round Table on four field trips to the battlefields in Virg inia since 2019. \; He is celebrated for his highly informative and in spirational presentations.\nThose who are unable to attend this engagement in person are invited to tune in to the lecture and Q&\;A session via Zoom. \; Click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/839981 07655. \; No password in required. \; To dial in by phone\, call 1 -301-715-8592 or click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kp 3hfvtaY. The meeting ID # is 839 9810 7655. \; Zoom participants shoul d join the meeting by 7:00 pm.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/wp-content/uploads/20 24/07/Mackowski-May-2018-1.jpg LOCATION:Central Penn College Conference Center\, 600 Valley Road\, Enola\, PA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=600 Valley Road\, Enola\, P A\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Central Penn College Conferen ce Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR