Group of students planting a tree at Lancaster County Historical Society, Nov. 27, 1965. Identified are: Carolyn Hoober, Louis Hassoldt, William Hassoldt, Alice Zimmerman and Philip Hammond.
Tom Heckles, center, is welcomed home from Vietnam by his wife, Kathy, and his father, John, at the Heckles home on Springside Drive in Lancaster. Heckles served two tours in the Navy as a Sea Bee.
Front facade of Wheatland. Note on back: "Dignity and grace are notable in the mansion Buchanan bought for $6250 in 1848 while Secretary of State in Polk's cabinet. With his niece Harriet Lane who was his White House hostess and companion to the end of his days, he entertained here frequently. Problems of state were dealt with during conferences in the spacious library. Buchanan died at Wheatland on June 1st, 1868 at the age of 77. Many original furnishings remain."
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.