July 23, 2022 is when the 9th Annual Ulysses S. Grant Symposium is being held at the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis.
The symposium is free, but you must register to attend. There is an option for virtual attendance.
Presentations include:
Silvana R. Siddali, PhD, Professor of History, St. Louis
University / A Measure of Grand Importance: Grant
and the 15th Amendment
Synopsis: Silvana’s address focuses on President Grant’s
part in moving the nation toward the ratification of the
Constitutional Amendment that granted universal male
suffrage in the United States. President Grant’s role is set
against a backdrop of struggles for the vote in some western
states that preceded the Civil War.
Frank J. Scaturro, JD, President of the Grant Monument
Association of New York City / President Grant Belongs
in the Pantheon
Synopsis: Frank reprises and expands upon the themes
of his own study of Grant’s presidency, published in 1998.
Frank argues that Ulysses Grant is the most misunderstood
of all the nation’s chief executives and that the result
of historical distortion—many fed by broader public
misunderstanding of Reconstruction—many historians
ranked Grant’s performance in office near the very bottom.
Even as President Grant’s reputation is undergoing a revival
in recent years, many distortions endure in the imagination
of the public and of scholars alike. The Keynote Address
aims to correct misconceptions as Frank explains why Grant
belongs in the pantheon of presidential greats.
E. C. (Curt) Fields, PhD, Living historian and
retired educator / Unconditional Surrender? – An
Unprecedented Trio of Victories
Synopsis: Ulysses Grant’s rise to fame as a battlefield
commander began at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, in
February 1862. There, he accepted the surrender of 12,000
Confederates. Grant followed suit in 1863 and 1864,
capturing entire armies at Vicksburg and at Appomattox
Court House. In this presentation, Lieutenant General Grant
(portrayed by Curt) reflects upon the circumstances of each
of these surrenders, how the terms were different, and why
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