April 27 will henceforth be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant Day in Ohio. Legislation passed in Grant’s Bicentennial year of 2022 and was signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday. Grant rose from obscurity during the Civil War to command the victorious Union armies. After the war he served as a stabilizing figure during the tumultuous Andrew Johnson Presidency. He went on to be elected president twice.
Grant’s presidency was scarred by corruption scandals within his administration, but he also pursued civil rights for African Americans, created the first National Park, suppressed the Ku Klux Klan, and improved America’s standing in world affairs.
Grant was born and grew up in southern Ohio. His 200th Birthday was celebrated in a dozen cities and towns across the United State last year. This is not designated as a paid holiday.
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I applaud Governor DeWine and the State of Ohio for Honoring U.S. Grant on his April 27 birthday. I am Retired Army Officer, an author and a Civil War Aficionado. I consider Grant to be one of America’s greatest Strategic Generals .