I have been invited to be a guest speaker at two upcoming events at the Bennett Place in Durham where Gen. Johnston surrendered his army to Gen. Sherman on April 26, 1865.

First on Saturday August 13, 2011 I will be at the Authors of North Carolina, 2nd Saturday event.

On October 8 and 9, 2011 I will be a speaker at their Road to Secession living history event, part of the 150th Anniversary of the War for Southern Independence series.

I hope to see you all at one or both of these events. The Bennett Place is a well maintained historic site and should be a wonderful site for these events. I wish to thank John Guss the site manager for inviting me to participate.