Parks are ‘essential democracy' Sep 24, 2009
The story of America's national parks starts at the world's first national park, established by the U.S. Congress and President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. Along with the beauty, there are challenges for Yellowstone, Glacier and America's 56 other national parks. (Montana Standard, MT)
Elizabeth Van Lew, Southern Spy for... Sep 19, 2009
General Ulysses S. Grant praised her for her espionage ... Union General Ulysses S. Grant credited her with giving some of the most valuable information in the war. (Suite101.com)
Military Milestones from Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge Sep 18, 2009
Sept. 13, 1847: U.S. Army and Marine forces (including lots of future Civil War generals like Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George Pickett, Pierre G.T. Beauregard, Thomas J. Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Ulysses S. Grant, future Admiral Raphael Semmes, and I'm probably leaving out a few) participate in the storming of Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican War. Chapultepec defends Mexico City, which will fall on the 14th. (Human Events Online)
Remains met with military honors Sep 18, 2009
A re-enactor dressed as Ulysses S. Grant, a Union general who later became president, stood vigil with his wife at his side dressed in a black hoop skirt and veil. A New York Army National Guard Honor Guard in modern dress unloaded the flag-draped, raw pine casket from the SUV and carried it past re-enactors in Civil War uniforms. (Albany Times Union)
Hispanic Americans 'Damn Torpedoes,' bless the Navy with their faithful service Sep 17, 2009
In 1864, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on Fort Fisher, a stronghold of the Confederate States of America. After the failure of the first attack a second assault was ordered for January 1865. (The Dolphin, CT)
Useless Knowledge: Earn seal of approval on presidents Sep 4, 2009
Ulysses S. Grant; 10. Grover Cleveland's daughter Esther; 11. (Montana Standard, MT)
Click to read:Poll: More Wary of Obama on Health Care Sep 2, 2009
"... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Actually, I think that James Buchanan, the 15th President, was probably the worst president in US history. The Three main accomplishments during his presidency was A. Trying to get Kansas admitted as a slave state. B. Ignored a depression called the panic of 1857. C. And, when the first group of southern states announced their secession, did not take or attempt to take any action to remedy the situation. I think that... (CBS News)
Presidential Vacay: The Vineyard on a Budget Aug 29, 2009
Like Presidents Bill Clinton and Ulysses S. Grant before him, , Mass. and the Obamas are staying at to rent. (ABC News)
Decision Nears on Wal-Mart Near Va. Battlefield Aug 25, 2009
They fear the Wal-Mart store will draw traffic and more commerce to an area within the historic bounds of the Wilderness, where Ulysses S. Grant and Lee first met in battle 145 years ago and where 145,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fought and died. One-fourth of the Wilderness is protected. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Obama family vacationingon Marthas Vineyard Aug 24, 2009
The playground for the rich was a vacation spot for President Bill Clinton and President Ulysses S. Grant. Obama has visited twice before. (MSNBC -- Politics)
First Family Visits Martha's Vineyard Aug 22, 2009
The Vineyard has a long history of presidential visitors beginning with Ulysses S. Grant, who first vacationed on the island in 1874. President Clinton came here four times while in office. (CBS News)
Teezers jilted with fake $50 Aug 21, 2009
While some merchants might cast a cautious eye on crisp, new greenbacks wondering if they're funny money, one Madison business was cheated earlier this week by a fake featuring an older bill design with a smaller Ulysses S. Grant. According to Terry Ellingson, co-owner of Teezers Lounge, a customer paid a waitress on Tuesday with an older-styled $50 note that was later determined counterfeit. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Intriguing Ideas Falter In Rough Execution Aug 19, 2009
But the action soon shifts to the 19th century, and the play becomes a standard historical drama featuring such figures as Susan B. Anthony (Liza Vann) and Ulysses S. Grant (Edward Hyland). Nothing wrong with that, except that the writing lacks the juice to bring its characters to life. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Yosemite-area fisherman dies near Merced River Aug 19, 2009
Established in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant, Yellowstone is the oldest in the National Park System and is located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. From Old Faithful to the Mammoth Hot Springs, geysers and waterfalls, the natural beauty of the park envelops visitors from the first glance. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Hot D.C. has presidents bailing Aug 18, 2009
There doesn't appear to be any big political strategy behind Barack Obama's decision to head for Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, an island playground for the rich frequented in years past by presidents Clinton and Ulysses S. Grant. Obama, whose vacation on the island begins Sunday, has visited twice before. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Wal-Mart plan starts new battle on Va. Civil War grounds Aug 14, 2009
- One hundred and forty-five years after General Ulysses S. Grant first fought General Robert E. Lee, another conflict is brewing on the Wilderness Battlefield: whether to let Wal-Mart build a superstore where 29,000 soldiers were wounded or killed. To stand on the battlefield at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural central Virginia is to go back in time. (Boston Globe)
Hey, Sen. Voinovich, see the ‘real’ South Aug 13, 2009
And that it was President Ulysses S. Grant s fear of losing Republican votes in Ohio that allowed ex-Confederates to reverse the social gains of the Civil War in 1875-76 and write the Jim Crow laws. In fact, Southerners are uniquely positioned to remake the Republican Party, because they are their country. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
1864 Union Army battle plan gone devastatingly wrong Aug 11, 2009
As General Ulysses S. Grant, the overall commander, later recalled, Meade felt that if we put the colored troops in front. and it should prove a failure, it would be said. (Boston Globe)
Provine perseveres: 150 years of history Aug 8, 2009
" Five events have been scheduled for this year and next. The first is an organ concert featuring Janette Fishell of the University of Indiana, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Provine Chapel was the first site of Clinton Baptist Church, the congregation now known as First Baptist Church of Clinton. "The agreement was the church could use it when the college wasn't using it," Street said. The congregation later built another church. During the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant used the... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Trust buys battlefield land Central Virginia Battlefields Trust buys 93 acres of Wilderness battlefield, site of Grant's Overland Campaign Aug 7, 2009
A year later, thousands of Union troops crossed the farm on the Germanna Plank Road as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant pressed the army of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee south after the Battle of the Wilderness. "The ground preserved by CVBT is the historic gateway to the Wilderness," Nelson said. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
MINOR/Farewell newsman Ron Harrist Aug 6, 2009
Looming over the skyline as we drove out of town I noticed the white steeple of the Presbyterian church with a golden finger pointing heavenward that even Ulysses S. Grant had spared. But instead of the index finger on the golden hand that normally sends a spiritual message, I got the impression it had switched to the middle finger, sending a message specially intended for snooping news reporters. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Glenrock at 100 Aug 2, 2009
On the ranching side, Craig and Mary Grant can point back four generations when his great-grandfather Ulysses S. Grant (that's not a misprint) homesteaded in the area. Since his family preceded the town's official founding, the 65 or so Grants and their extended families were honored with a No. 5 position in the parade featuring Ulysses' original buggy and two wagons, he said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Ulysses S. Grant wins Best in Show Jul 27, 2009
Ulysses S. Grant, a mastiff, who won Best in Show on Sunday at 49th Lompoc Valley Dog Show, gets appreciation from his handler, Taffe McFadden ... Advertisement The Italian (greyhound) and the Irish (setter) looked strong, but in the end, it was (the mastiff) Ulysses S. Grant who stood victorious on the fields of Ryon Park Sunday, claiming the Best in Show award at the 49th Lompoc Valley Dog Show. (Santa Maria Times)
Today in History - July 26 Jul 26, 2009
In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. In 1868, Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Capital culture: Obama adds to Vineyards history Jul 24, 2009
Obama will be the third sitting president to visit the island, following Ulysses S. Grant and Bill Clinton, and it's his third trip to Martha's Vineyard. The island is buzzing about where he'll stay, the sights he'll see, the business he'll bring. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Military Milestones from Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon Jul 22, 2009
Military Milestones from Farragut s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon - HUMAN EVENTS. Military Milestones from Farragut s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon by 07/22/2009. (Human Events Online)
Know the colors of the road in Mass. Jul 21, 2009
Like it did in the days of Ulysses S. Grant, said Doug Hecox, highway administration spokesman. But it s better than dirt. (Boston Globe)
When a Tweet Is Not Enough Jul 17, 2009
The big question for the president on Cape Cod is whether Barack, Michelle and the girls will follow the example of Ulysses S. Grant and Bill Clinton to Martha's Vineyard for a vacation in August. How you stand depends on where you're sitting, as a wise man I once knew was fond of saying, and that goes double for an economic stimulus. (Townhall.com)
Museum opening caps restoration of Lincoln assassination site Jul 14, 2009
While Lincoln knew and admired Booth's considerable stage talents, he had no idea that the actor was secretly leading a conspiracy designed to decimate the executive branch by killing the president along with Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward and General Ulysses S. Grant. Seward was badly injured but recovered from his attack. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Figure It Out: Players should use their brains Jul 7, 2009
Unknown to many folks, the MSU campus is now the home of the Ulysses S. Grant presidential library. Grant's collection of personal correspondence and notes during his eight years in office, plus his military campaigns, had been headquartered at Southern Illinois University for the last 50 years. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
National Archives artifacts go missing Jul 5, 2009
Shaun Aubitz, a former employee at the Archives' facility in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 2002 for stealing among other items 71 pardons signed by Presidents James Madison, James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes and Lincoln. The Archives recovered 59 records. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Military Milestones from Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Jul 1, 2009
Military Milestones from Pickett s Charge to Roosevelt s Rough Riders - HUMAN EVENTS. Military Milestones from Pickett s Charge to Roosevelt s Rough Riders by 07/01/2009. (Human Events Online)
Wal-Mart to Build Near Civil War Battlefield Despite Fury Jun 27, 2009
It's also the place where Robert E. Lee first met Ulysses S. Grant in battle. "I think it's a lousy place to put a Wal-Mart," said Nigel Goodwin, who voted against the special use permit. (Fox News)
SAMC plants garden at Dragoon Wall Jun 19, 2009
The historic Dragoon Wall is along Kearney Avenue, north of the statue of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It first appears in most maps, photographs and illustrations of post in 1872, but some think it was constructed much earlier. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)
Yosemite Chapel celebrates its 130th anniversary Jun 16, 2009
Tom Bopp will give his rendition of organ music that Sir Arthur Sullivan performed for a memorial service honoring President Ulysses S. Grant at the chapel in July 1885. A lecture on Arthur A. Pillsbury, a Yosemite photographer who predated Ansel Adams, will be given at 1 p.m. by Pillsbury's granddaughter, Melinda Pillsbury-Foster. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
While on vacation, don't forget to write Jun 5, 2009
and visiting Galena -- home of Ulysses S. Grant. They say I should visit. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Military Milestones from Devil Dogs to the Great Crusade Jun 3, 2009
June 1, 1864: The bloody battle of Cold Harbor opens in earnest between Union Army forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Grant will launch a series of futile attacks over the next three days. (Human Events Online)
New Battle Ensues on Civil War GroundWal-Mart wants to move in; actor Robert Duvall and others wage fight in Va. May 25, 2009
The Civil War battlefield where Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant first faced Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is once again the site of a titanic struggle between powerful forces. On one side is Wal-Mart, which plans to build a superstore near the park's entrance. (ABC News)
Imposing Miller Park monument dedicated Memorial Day 1913 May 24, 2009
and a series of Civil War-themed pieces, such as the United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument at Shiloh National Military Park in Tennesse; Ulysses S. Grant at Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi; and Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln in Racine, Wis. The Memorial Day 1913 dedication began with a parade from the courthouse square to Miller Park, featuring National Guardsmen, the Soldiers Orphans Home Band from Normal, Spanish-American War veterans and nine Civil War veteran... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Ideas: New England's deep military traditions May 24, 2009
From George Washington through Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to Dwight Eisenhower and George S. Patton, the nation's most famous warriors have come from elsewhere, and today it's the South that provides a disproportionate share of the military's manpower. New England's luminaries, on the other hand, have tended to be philosophers and politicians, poets, inventors, and industrialists. (Boston Globe)
Hundreds Pack Meeting On Battlefield Walmart May 23, 2009
(AP) - Wal-Mart officials asked planners in a rural Virginia county Thursday to approve a Supercenter near a rolling green expanse where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first met in battle in the Civil War ... More than 250 historians have written to Wal-Mart urging the retailer to select a different location for a store in Orange County, which is approximately 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Historians have a special reverence for the Wilderness because it was the first battlefield... (WTVR.com, VA)
Most speakers blast Wal-Mart near Va. battlefield May 23, 2009
The battlefield is also where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first met in battle. The Wal-Mart proposal has been opposed by 250 U.S. historians, congressmen from Vermont and Texas, and actor Robert Duvall, a Lee descendant. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
The History of Memorial Day May 23, 2009
Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns. (WSJA.com, AL)
Military Milestones from First Enterprise to Loss of the Scorpion May 20, 2009
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant move against the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vastly outnumbered Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton fall back on prepared defenses. (Human Events Online)
Depression-era project recorded recipes of another food pyramid May 20, 2009
a town General Ulysses S. Grant declared too beautiful to be burned. Welty provides an Arkansas recipe for a one-dish meal, Mulligan Stew: into a large pot, toss potatoes, onion, okra, red pepper, celery, salt, butter, water, and four squirrels. (Boston Globe)
Last last spike - In 1909, Milwaukee completes nation’s final transcontinental railroad to little fanfare May 18, 2009
Not only were there no archdukes, no ex-presidents like Ulysses S. Grant, no famed road-builders like John Mullan (who died later in 1909), but there was a glaring absence of high-ranking officials of the Milwaukee itself, in particular president Albert Earling. Reasons for the subdued celebration are kind of tricky, said Bill Taylor, a Montana railroad historian and author from Missoula. (Missoulian, MT)
• Finding kinship you don't expect in Tennessee May 17, 2009
The place is hallowed ground for anyone who cares about American history because it's the nearest community to the Shiloh National Monument, where in April 1862 Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant endured a ferocious assault by Confederates and won perhaps the pivotal battle of the Civil War. Pivotal because Shiloh effectively split the Confederacy in two. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Advocates: right time for mining law reform May 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - When Congress approved the rules governing the nation's mining operations, Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House, George Armstrong Custer was fighting Native Americans and Congress was looking for ways to encourage greater settlement of the nation's vast frontier ... When Congress approved the rules governing the nation's mining operations, Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House and George Armstrong Custer was fighting Native Americans ... WASHINGTON - When Congress approved the... (Juneau Empire)
Yellowstones best May 6, 2009
A more detailed geological survey two years later convinced President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 to set apart the vast area as Americas first national park, a full 44 years before the National Park Service was created. Yellowstone is so vast that its impossible to see it all in a single trip. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Military Milestones from Palo Alto to Leathernecks at Alcatraz May 6, 2009
5, 1864: The bloody albeit inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness (Virginia) opens between Union Army forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, and Confederate forces under Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Human Events Online)
Pike Star Takes Command In 'Star Trek' May 6, 2009
Greenwood Takes Command As Pike In 'Star Trek' - @ The Movies News Story - KPRC Houston. Live Cameras, Conditions. (Click2Houston, TX)
'Twilight,' 'Slumdog' Lead MTV Award Noms May 5, 2009
Twilight,' 'Slumdog' Lead MTV Award Nominees - @ The Movies News Story - KIRO Seattle. Current conditions for local cities. (KIRO TV, WA)
Review: 'Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past' Has No Presence May 5, 2009
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union's Ulysses S. Grant. Caregiving. (KIRO TV, WA)
Noel Vasquez/Getty Images May 5, 2009
Ron Howard: Vatican Interfered With Movie - @ The Movies News Story - KIRO Seattle. Current conditions for local cities. (KIRO TV, WA)
Actor joins foes of Orange Wal-Mart VIDEO: On eve of battle's 145th anniversary, actor Robert Duvall and lawmakers plea for preservation at The Wilderness May 5, 2009
The first face-off between Lee and the Union's Ulysses S. Grant, it launched the Overland Campaign, which eventually led to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. "There were 160,000 troops, Union and Confederate, who fought in the Battle of the Wilderness," Poe said. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Robert Duvall Battles To Save Battlefield May 5, 2009
LOCUST GROVE, Virginia -- Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union's Ulysses S. Grant ... Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union's Ulysses S. Grant. (KIRO TV, WA)
Preservationists vs. Walmart (6:30 a.m.) May 4, 2009
Wal-Mart has proposed a store near the Orange County battlefield, which has prompted an outcry among historians around the U.S. They fear the store will diminish a battlefield where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant had their first Civil War encounter. Duvall portrayed the Confederate Lee in the 2003 film "Gods and Generals" and owns property in Virginia's horse country. (WTVR.com, VA)
Click here to read more. May 3, 2009
A great-great-grandson of Ulysses S. Grant makes his home in Spotsylvania County--and re-enacts as a Confederate ... One hundred forty-five years after Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant fought to a draw at the Battle of the Wilderness, one of his great-great-grandsons lives quietly a few miles away in a suburban townhouse ... Young John Griffiths was in fourth grade and flipping through a family photo album when he saw a picture of Ulysses S. Grant and asked his mother about it. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Flight over NYC stirs up outrage Apr 29, 2009
An early crusader for giving women the right to vote, as well as ending slavery, Truth met Presidents Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1870. GLOBE STAFF AND. (Boston Globe)
Sojourner Truth Gets Her Day in Congress Apr 29, 2009
Sheembarked on speaking tours around the United Statesand over the years counted Ulysses S. Grant, William Lloyd Garrison andFrederickDouglassamong her acquaintances. Throughout all of this pathbreaking testimony, Truth could not read and could not write. (Slate)
First lady to honor abolitionist Sojourner Truth Apr 28, 2009
Truth met presidents Lincoln in 1864 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1870, and delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851. She tried to vote on two occasions, but was turned away both times. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Kick Grant Off the $50 Bill Apr 28, 2009
I'm coming after you, Ulysses S. Grant. You seem like a swell guy (and happy 187th birthday this week. (Slate)
General Petraeus's 'Anaconda Plan' Apr 28, 2009
Petraeus might be forgiven for comparing himself with Ulysses S. Grant, the general to whom Lincoln, after finding so many generals wanting, finally turned to get the Civil War won. Petraeus even spoke of a modern "Anaconda Plan" that had helped reduce Al Qaeda in Iraq, and could be revised for use against the Taliban in what is now called the Af-Pak theater - a recognition that Afghanistan and Pakistan are part of the same problem. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
More of this story Apr 18, 2009
When former New York Gov. Edwin D. Morgan owned the mansion, he hosted Ulysses S. Grant for three days, Chester A. Arthur for two weeks, and received Rutherford B. Hayes at his home, Mooney said. She and others believe the tree was more than 150 years old. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Kicking the habit Apr 18, 2009
Ulysses S. Grant used to smoke up to 20 opium soaked cigars a day when he was President. It's all a matter of perspective and a society as to what they deem as accepted behavior. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
