Grant's birthplace
"I can't spare this man; he fights." Abraham Lincoln
"I can't spare this man; he fights." Abraham Lincoln
Happy Birthday General.
You were a much needed gift.
He doesn’t look a day older than 150.
I think of this gentleman every time I read the one million page federal register that was written to govern my conduct.
Or is it two million pages now?
Wish he were around today.
It was a big deal when Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General,3 stars. The last person to hold that rank was Washington. Now the Army hands out 3 stars like candy.
Thanks for the post, Shadowlands.
I have been long in coming to an appreciation of Grant. However, in the past few years have grown to admire his wisdom and grace at the end of the War Between the States. His response to Lee’s total surrender coupled with Lee’s actions, curtailed what might otherwise have been many years of guerrilla warfare that would have kept the wounds wide open.
Reading Grant’s memoirs is on my current reading list.
Joi Reid doesn’t know exactly why, but she suddenly feels “triggered”!
Is he still in Grant’s Tomb?
One of my favorite figures from American history.
You can still visit Grant’s birthplace right here in Clermont County, Ohio (about 20 miles East of downtown Cincinnati). Ron Chernow did a fantastic job writing about Grant’s childhood and early adulthood in point Pleasant and nearby Georgetown in neighboring Brown County where he learned expert horsemanship riding in and around the White Creek and to his first girlfriend’s home in Batavia. All in all, an excellent read and a very fair analysis of a very complicated and good man.
Much to the dismay of the war mongers on this site, General Grant was AGAINST foreign interventions.
He supported military expenditures for the DEFENSE of the Untied States only.
My 5th cousin, 4 X removed. Very distant cousin.
I hope God deals ever so severely with Grant and Sherman and all those who laid waste to the South with their unconstitutional invasion of an independent nation. Cursed be they day that murderer was born!
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