Sacred Trust Talks & Book Signings

Over more than a year, John Banks crisscrossed the country exploring battlefields, historic houses, forts and more. He rode on the back of an ATV with his “psychotic connection” in Mississippi, went under the spell of an amateur hypnotist at a U.S. Army fort in Tennessee, admired a sunset from the grounds of the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia, prayed during a tense boat ride in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and briefly interviewed Louie the wild boar in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Join him on a road trip like no other. John Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers. His work has been featured in such notable publications as The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images. Banks, who attended Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School, graduated from West Virginia University (B.A. in journalism). A longtime journalist (The Dallas Morning News and ESPN), he is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography. Book Signing | 6-6:45 p.m. and 8-8:30 p.m. John Banks will sign his works before and after his talk presentation.