Guest Speaker Series: Ben Kemp, "Grant & Twain: Authors & Friends"

Name: Guest Speaker Series: Ben Kemp, "Grant & Twain: Authors & Friends"
Start: 2026-04-23T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-23T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 131 W Main St, Batavia, NY, United States, New York 14020

Schedule

Thu Apr 23 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

131 W Main St, Batavia, NY, United States, New York 14020 | Batavia, NY

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next presenter in our Guest Speaker Series on Thursday, April 23rd at 7 pm. Ben Kemp of Grant's Cottage will be returning to present a living history performance, "Grant & Twain: Authors & Friends."
"Civil War General, President of the United States, and World Traveler what else did Ulysses S. Grant do during his illustrious career? How about authoring one of the best memoirs ever written. Explore the compelling circumstances and the role of friend Mark Twain in Grant’s short but important career as an author."
Admission is by suggested donation. If you plan to attend, please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or [email protected].
Thank you to Tompkins Community Bank and the Batavia Rotary Club for sponsoring in part the Guest Speaker Series.
“This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!."
"GO ART! acknowledges that the land on which this project takes place is the ancestral territory of the Seneca Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. GO ART! recognizes the historical and ongoing presence of Indigenous peoples in Western New York and honors their enduring relationship to this land.”