Learn about President Ulysses S. Grant at the Hayes Home in May
Curt Fields will present a program on May 16 about Grant’s two terms as president. Grant was Rutherford B. Hayes’ ...
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U.S. has pardoned insurrectionists before with violent results
Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to pardon a large group of insurrectionists. His clemency toward those convicted of ...
Family Lore: Review of ‘Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy’ by Jeffrey Boutwell
As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.
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Dalton teenager finds sword that was gifted to Civil War veterans and their families in home that once belonged to Zenas Marshall Crane
Christopher George uncovered a late 19th-century Civil War presentation sword in the attic of his historic family home, ...
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Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...
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Exploring the Home of Ulysses S. Grant – A Historic Tour!
We took a historic tour of General U.S. Grant's Home. We are not able to do any metal detecting on this site but wanted to share this important part of history with our viewers. U.S. Grant was the ...
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more ...
How D.C. first lost its right to self-govern, and the long road to home rule
The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...
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Grant's Farm
Grant's Farm was built by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1855 to farm and raise cattle. In 1903, August A. Busch Sr. bought the land, and ever since it has belonged to ...
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Why Denver Streets Are Named After U.S. Presidents
According to Goodstein, Brown named two more streets that ran through his land after other Civil War heroes: Ulysses S. Grant and scorched-earth General William Tecumseh Sherman. Meanwhile ...