[Vermont Lt]

Interesting article about trying to promote Grant to the same rank as Pershing and Washington.

[Fido969]

Will his heirs get back pension - plus interest?

[ClearCase_guy]

Basically trying to pat him on the head because he played a role in freeing the slaves. All politics in the US is ultimately racial at this point.

[circlecity]

Grant was America’s greatest General.

[PeterPrinciple]

A similar joint resolution on Grant’s behalf was introduced last fall with bipartisan support. Two sponsors in the House are infrequent allies: Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Democrat from Harlem who voted for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment in 2019 and 2021, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, who voted against impeachment both times and became the No. 3 Republican in the House with Trump’s endorsement.

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so why is this important?

[marron]

For me a posthumous promotion of anyone, unless there is some direct benefit to the widow or his kids, is just silly. You can’t add to his reputation by this.

[Sirius Lee]

Grant was surely one of the greatest Generals in U.S. history. However one must concede that either the United States were NOT united during the Civil War, or that they were still considered united, but he did not command the armies of the South.

Either way, he wasn't general of the armies of the United States.

[Psalm 73]

Did any of you guys read Grants memoirs?

Just finished it last month - he's actually a pretty-good writer, too. And a damned nice guy (you can tell by the way he talks about others, even guys he didn't like).

[Leaning Right]

Posthumously promoting Washington made sense, for obvious reasons. But other than that, I say leave history alone. For if you promote Grant, why not promote others as well? Let’s just not go down that road.

I would, however, make an exception and promote General Halftrack to major general. That guy put up with a lot of grief over the years.

[keving]

No, watch more of this history channel