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June 7, 1879, Grant and his family arrived in Nagasaki, Japan.
June 7, 1879, Grant and his family arrived in Nagasaki, Japan. While visiting China the previous month, Chinese General Li Hung Chang was so impressed...

Today we honor all those who gave the last full measure of
Today we honor all those who gave the last full measure of devotion. Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organizati...

Grant wrote in his Memoirs that his father, Jesse Grant, had
Grant wrote in his Memoirs that his father, Jesse Grant, had “worked for, and lived in the family of a Mr. [Owen] Brown, the father of John Brown �...

In 1864, the eyes of the nation turned to Virginia, where it
In 1864, the eyes of the nation turned to Virginia, where it seemed the fate of the war would be decided. New to the war in the East, Ulysses S. Grant...

“It would be impossible for me to describe the feeling that
“It would be impossible for me to describe the feeling that overcame me at the news of these assassinations, more especially the assassination of th...

From “The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant”: “Oh!
From “The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant”: “Oh! How intensely interesting the papers were that winter! [1860-61] My dear husband Ulys r...

Ulysses S. Grant has been honored in many ways, including the
Ulysses S. Grant has been honored in many ways, including the naming of the 14th LAFAYETTE - class nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine. ...