James Buchanan's 200th birthday celebration at Wheatland. Men in Civil War military uniforms and Paul Ripple dressed as James Buchanan on the front steps of Wheatland.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Reprint of color tinted postcard. Looking North from Rifle Pit made during Civil War, on Little Cove Road, Monument showing Pres. Buchanan's Birthplace, near Mercersburg, PA. File also contains copy of an article titled "Mr. Buchanan with the Nation", reprinted from the Lancaster Intelligencer, June 17, 1856 and a letter of acknowledgement to Mr. James R. Way for his donation.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives. Donation of James R. Way.