Invocation for the Bicentennial Birthday of President Grant, Grant Monument Association dinner, April 27, 2022, Union League Club, New York…
U.S. Grant bicentennial
On July 8, 1876, whites massacred freedmen in South Carolina. Ron Chernow in Grant (2017) summarizes: [On July 4, 1876,…
On July 25, 1866, Congress created the rank of “General of the Army of the United States” and promoted Ulysses…
The YouTube account Life in the 1800s posted 1947 enhanced audio of Julius Franklin Howell (January 17, 1846–June 19, 1948),…
Today, the U.S. observes Juneteenth the federal holiday “suspended,” since Juneteenth proper, June 19, 2022, occurred on a Sunday. Yesterday,…
Washington, D.C., U.S. Capitol. 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the…
C-SPAN 2, New York City, Union League Club. The Grant Monument Association‘s Ulysses S. Grant bicentennial colloquy, which followed the…
Artist Kevin Miller’s three-scene mural of Ulysses S. Grant adorns a streetwall of 120 South Main Street in Georgetown, Ohio,…
The April 27, 2022, ceremony at Grant’s Tomb for Ulysses S. Grant’s 200th birthday will be broadcast on C-SPAN 2…
For those who were unable to attend the April 27, 2022, ceremony at Grant’s Tomb for Ulysses S. Grant’s 200th…
For events at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (St. Louis, Missouri), click here. For events at the General…
Register now on Eventbrite for the free, Tuesday, April 26, 10:30 a.m. (EDT), livestream of the U.S. Capitol commemoration of…
Louis L. Picone’s Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon (2021)…