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The 18th president's descendant had a storied career in museum curation before turning his attention to an affable vampire.
How does the president’s brand of kleptocracy work? It turns out rentier politics is even more lucrative than rentier ...
At West Point, Rufus Ingalls was Ulysses S. Grant’s first roommate, and he roomed with Grant again at Camp Vancouver in 1852.
Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature ...
MARIETTA — A special meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at First Congregational Church, 318 Front St., Marietta. The presentation will ...
The Grant Cottage State Historic Site had a very special visitor last week as part of it's free summer program series.
The remarkable story of Ulysses S. Grant and Harrison Terrell, a former slave who became Grant’s butler and personal attendant is an overlooked part America’s civil rights story.
John Reeves - Author, Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant At the beginning of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant wasn’t an abolitionist, admitting that his ...
From my grave, and using my printed written words from my “Personal Memoirs,” I, Ulysses S. Grant, am asking you, my fellow citizens, to unplug your ears and listen to topics which are now too ...
Grant Cottage is both a State Historic Site and National Historic Landmark located on Mt. McGregor Road in Wilton. It was the final residence of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United ...