Ed Bearss Lecture

Civil War Historian, Ed Bearss, returns to New Bern
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination and John Wilkes Booth’s Attempted Escape
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 2:00pm, Masonic Theatre

For the 6^th consecutive year, Ed Bearss will return to New Bern to give another excellent program relating to the Civil War era on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the Masonic Theater.  The topic will be Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination and John Wilkes Booth’s Attempted Escape, and you can be sure the account rendered by Ed will be as only he can tell it.  Donations are $10 per person.  To date, Ed has helped raise nearly $10,000 for the Battlefield.

Ed Bearrs is a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II, is a military historian and author known for his work on the American Civil War and World War II eras and is a popular tour guide of historic battlefields. He served as Chief Historian of the National Park Service from 1981 to 1994.