The then-largest public gathering in American history—some 1.5 million people—lined the streets of New York City on August 8, 1885,…
Grant, the Man: post-presidency
Ulysses S. Grant died at approximately 8:06 a.m., July 23, 1885. The 18th U.S. president and former general-in-chief of the…
Here you can see a video taken a few steps away from the historical marker at the Eastern Overlook of…
Mt. McGregor, New York. On July 19, 1885, photographer John G. Gilman for the Albany Journal, took the last known photograph…
Mount McGregor, NY. On July 11, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, formerly General of the Army and President of the United…
Post-presidency, Long Branch, New Jersey. Even among Americans who enjoy U.S. history, few know that Ulysses S. Grant sought a third,…
From Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (1885): The framers were wise in their generation and wanted to do the very…
New York City & Mount McGregor, NY. It was 1885, and 63-year-old Ulysses S. Grant, former commanding-general of the U.S….