Category: U.S. Grant
Reconstruction Era Comstock Act Raised in Supreme Court in 2024
The Comstock Act was raised in the Supreme Court in March of 2024. When I was a kid, parents would always warn you that forms…
NY Times Reviews Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich
Jennifer Szalai did a review in the New York Times of Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M….
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage Offers 4th of July Celebration
If you are looking for something historic for 4th of July, you might want to go to the celebration at Grant Cottage above Saratoga in…
Juneteenth Celebration at Grant’s Cottage in the Adirondacks
On Juneteenth (June 19, 2023) the Grant Cottage in Upstate New York will have two programs honoring the National Holiday. Here is the press release…
Play “Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man & A Patriot” April 15, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa
The one-man play Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man & A Patriot will be presented at 2PM and 7PM on April 15, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa…
Chris Mackowski Speaks on U.S. Grant at Vicksburg and Chattanooga April 4 in Brunswick County N.C.
On April 4, 2023 Chris Mackowski will speak at the Brunswick County, North Carolina Civil War Round Table on “Grant’s Next Chapter: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and…
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Wins Award for Excellence in National Park Service History
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Missouri was honored last week in Los Angeles with the Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service…
Gravesite of Adam Badeau Ulysses S. Grant’s Aide in Sleepy Hollow N.Y.
Adam Badeau was born on December 29, 1831 in New York City. He grew up in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow along the banks of the…
South Bend Museum Opens Exhibit on Grant’s VP Schuyler Colfax
The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana has opened a new permanent exhibit telling the story of Ulysses S. Grant’s vice president Schuyler Colfax. Colfax…
Pres. of Grant Library Argues for Grant Promotion to General of the Armies
Anne Marshall, Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University, wrote an essay recently arguing…
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