Bostwick to give talk on Walk of Peace Nov. 18

Allon Bostwick of Port Washington will present a program on the battlefields along the Italian-Slovenian border near the Isonzo River, where 300,000 Italians and 200,000 Austro-Hungarians allied with Germany died in World War I, during the Monday, Nov. 18, meeting of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Military Historians.

The meeting will be at the Rose-Harms American Legion Post, 1540 13th Ave., Grafton.

Bostwick will present a slide show he compiled from the Walk of Peace, aka Pot Miru, in which he walked more than 180 miles all along the battleground in 18 days.

The $20 fee includes a buffet dinner and the presentation.  A limited number of seats are available for the speaker’s program only for $8 each.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the program set for 7 p.m.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling Ken Grigas at 284-1090 or emailing rsvp@mkemh.org.