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Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s ...
Park Ranger Miranda Allen said she’s asked about “who’s buried in Grant’s tomb” nearly everyday. She attributed its origins ...
The 18th president's descendant had a storied career in museum curation before turning his attention to an affable vampire.
An animatronic mannequin of President Ulysses S. Grant at the age of 15 is on display in his boyhood home in Georgetown, Ohio, on Monday, April 4, 2022.
The country was in rough shape when President Ulysses S. Grant took office in 1869. Some pundits and political scientists have speculated the United States is at risk of another civil war, albeit ...
Were you Seen at the Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Birthday Gala presented by The Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage featuring special guest, actor Treat Williams, and virtual appearances by ...
On April 11, 1854, Grant resigned from the Army. Ulysses moved with his family to Missouri, and began to farm land given to him by Julia's father. Grant called the farm Hardscrabble, a name that fit.
Ulysses S. Grant's views toward slavery before the Civil War have been a point of strong debate among historians. Few letters exist from Grant's time as a farmer in St. Louis, Missouri (1854–59), ...
The latest inhabitant of the White House has close ties to Scotland - and will be making his latest visit this week.Since the ...
JACKI LYDEN, host: In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant led Union forces into the Confederate city of Vicksburg, Mississippi and won a decisive victory that helped turn the tide in the Civil War.
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Ulysses S. Grant Association and the U.S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University are kicking off a celebration of the 18th president’s bicentennial year with ...