an Episcopalian. Forster's "Recollections of James Buchanan" were published in the Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, Journaland were reprinted many years later in that same newspaper, in the issues for June 18 and 25 and July 9 and 16, 1954. The installment in the issue for July 9 is the one that leaves the

in spite of inclement weather "quite a number of persons" visited the birthplace, apparently on the preceding Sun- day. The monument was already attracting attention. The same newspaper for April 10, 1908, announced Buchanan souvenirs—ten postcards in a set showing James, his birthplace, the monument