The Red Bank Public Library will host a program on the book A Billy Yank Governor Jan. 27 from 2-4 p.m. The library is at 84 W. Front St., Red Bank.
The free program will be led by the book’s author Bernard Olsen and chronicles the life of local Civil War soldier Franklin Murphy. The book is a special commemorative edition celebrating Murphy’s 100th anniversary as governor of New Jersey, which he became in 1902.
Olsen is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, Middletown, and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
For more information, call Red Bank Public Library at (732) 842-0690.