but the ulysses grant association, which operates it, has gotten a grant of $26 million to construct it. a separate standalone ulysses s grant presidential library. overseeing this is an air marshal. the executive director of the ulysses s grant association. and as it happens and is the newest trustee of the gma, we're honored to have an a join us tonight. now, one historic building that did not make it to the grand renaissance is the president's summer. white house in long branch, new jersey, which was demolished in 1963. but there, 60 years after its demolition, the gma dedicated a historic marker at that location. last year. and all sites that have been preserved, including, of course, grant's tomb, ongoing maintenance is essential, and that translates into the need for eternal vigilance by concerned citizens. there are a number of deferred maintenance items at grant's to need attention. where to? the steps of the tomb. cracks in the outdoor plaza, discoloration from the intrusion of water in the tomb's upper levels, prominent among them. i understand that both the repair of the pl

american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later. the more i see what's going on in this and now i'm wondering if i'm relieved. i mean, i understand i've sorted out the so just on my age, if i didn't, i couldn't be more then. so they tell me that because i'm english, i may as well why the mean to mr. cox. when you're seeing just the cards tending some means of ever seeing here is very satisfactory. the hour drive that, that nobody's doing is keep looking times will protect the hope i'm inside the we're coming into june, june 200 miles down the road. the 1st place you stated, the serious resistance, the as the minister told to avoid entering the natives. but you wanted them to see what kind of mine who was the one that i'm worried the people may have forgotten what you did. oh it is after a 100 years evenings moved to me to them. i didn't do sunset, i'm watching my phone, the infinity x and i see that exempt or state when you when i do back you come. so i think like, i mean i, you to say, i see the i've is looking for is that t

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his name is hiram ulysses grant, and he gets to west point and they're like, oh, ulysses s grant because mother's maiden name was simpson. and he was like five feet tall. he weighed 100 pounds. he's this scrawny little. he was like, yep, that's right. that's my name. no further questions. and thank goodness he did because otherwise his initials would have been hug and don't think a guy with the initials hug really could have won the civil but u.s. grant unconditional surrender grant that's a guy who can take you to victory. but he's noted at west point as a water colorist, which surprises people and also as a horseman, he held jumping records, horsemanship records, west point that stood for decades after left the military academy. he topped out at five foot eight, about 180. so he had a bit of a growth, but he was an average size century american. but he, like army explorers, he sent he's he is in mexico with winfield and zachary taylor. but after the us-mexico war, he goes to the pacific northwest, to oregon and washing tin and makes notes and observations like all army officers do. and

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even though 800,000 african americans vote in the election after the civil war make ulysses grant the president. each one is hard-fought. also unusually difficult to vote in philadelphia or newhope or wherever in the 1860s and 70s. >> one of the things i enjoyed was how you focused on that process. when i was doing work some 15 years ago one of the things that i discovered that this is something i was surprised. none of the rules that we usually expect to apply for elections or even thought of in these times. it was next to nothing and what you would call voter registration. there was no official registration of voters until reconstruction. that is what really brings voter registration. people could show up at the polls and if they were not recognized as being local people a judge of elections might challenge them. all they had to do was take an oath swearing i am legit and they could vote. you have is situations in 1858 when lincoln actually accuses his opponents of using irish immigrant laborers on the central railroad on election day going from station to station on the illinois ce

his name is hiram ulysses grant. he gets to west point and they say ulysses s grant because his mother's maiden name was simpson. he was 5'0", 100 pounds and a scrawny little thing. thank goodness because otherwise his initials would have been hug . i don't think a guy with the initials hug could have won the civil war but he is noted as a watercolor rest. he held jumping records, horsemanship records for decades after he left the th military academy. he was average size. my call army explorers, he is in mexico with winfield scott and zachary taylor. after the war he goes to the pacific northwest and makes notes and observations like all army officers deal. the primary source you will be reading for this class is an army officer journal. laurence gibson journal of the pacific northwest in the 1850s. it's about warfare but also exploration. the army was not a lucrative living,, but it did give you on advantage if you are smart enough to take hold of it. there are soldiers who are able to do this who go out west chess

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in 1874, us president ulysses grant, for the first time in the history of the country, held a gala dinnerf the head of state. in 2007, the king of sweden carl xvi gustav came to russia. in the volga village of shiryaevo , the monarch was treated to this soup. the yacht joa under his command in 1906 was the first in history to pass through the northwest passage; you can see the yacht in the fram vosla ship museum. that's right. he also sailed on the fram. riddles of the peoples of the world 300. two friends crossed swords. so the japanese riddle. oslo was founded in 1048 by this king, who died 18 years later trying to conquer england, christian, no, really, the city that was called christian for a long time, was founded. oslo 600. oslo has three, but they are located far from the city. the main garder moin is 48 km away, the rest are even further. airports. in 1814 , by the treaty of kiel, denmark ceded norway to these neighbors. the norwegians, however, declared independence and chose. oslo at that time christian its capital sweden, right, it is there was the last question of the third ro

the civil war make ulysses grant the president. each one of those is hard fought, but it's also unusually to arrive to vote in philadelphia or in new hope or wherever. in the 1860s, 1870s. it really takes a long time for them to tighten up this regime. do you want to add anything that. yeah. one of the things i enjoyed about your book was, how you focused on that process, because when i was doing work on the lincoln-douglas some 15 years ago, one of the things that i discovered this was something of a surprise was that none of the rules that we usually expect to apply for. elections were even thought of in in these times, whether for 1858 or for 1860, there was next to nothing in the way of what you would call voter registration. no, no, i mean each party had a rough list of who its friends were, but there was no official registry of voters until reconstruction. reconstruction is what really brings voter registration in for the first time. so people could show up at the polls. and if they not recognized as being local people, then

the civil war make ulysses grant the president. each one of those is hard fought, but it's also unusually to arrive to vote in philadelphia or in new hope or wherever. in the 1860s, 1870s. it really takes a long time for them to tighten up this regime. do you want to add anything that. yeah. one of the things i enjoyed about your book was, how you focused on that process, because when i was doing work on the lincoln-douglas some 15 years ago, one of the things that i discovered this was something of a surprise was that none of the rules that we usually expect to apply for. elections were even thought of in in these times, whether for 1858 or for 1860, there was next to nothing in the way of what you would call voter registration. no, no, i mean each party had a rough list of who its friends were, but there was no official registry of voters until reconstruction. reconstruction is what really brings voter registration in for the first time. so people could show up at the polls. and if they not recognized as being local people, then

american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later. the time, not sooner than say, welcome back to going underground broadcast to go around the world from you. a newest member of one of the world's largest economic blocks breaks along with saudi arabia, ethiopia, and roman egypt. the new members will be attending the f us to have a 2 day break summit tomorrow in the russian city of cause on the long side, original members in global south power houses, brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa as well as representatives from over 20 other countries, members of the rivals circle genocide, 7 block along side of the nature of nations and allies with.

the president was ulysses, ulysses grant and he declined to run for a third term.ion was around 46 million. 38 states at that time. the centennial celebration was going on for the u.s. it was the early stages of the gilded age. there was an economic depression and immigration happening. in 1876. erik zander in a macro sense, what was it like to live in the states? sure. so i think in terms of the election, this is really the first time after the civil war, which had been over now for 12 years, the first time that the entire voting public, you would say, was fully mobilized. for a number of reasons. many former confederates, white southerners had not voted in the decade before 1876. in the early 1870s, and for the first time, they're returning to the polls in 1876. on the other hand, many black men in the south, former slaves, were finally able to vote or voting for the first time with the ratification of the 15th amendment in 1870. so for really the first time after the civil war, you have the entire american electorate, men only. of course, women are not voting at

and then after lee surrenders to ulysses grant the battlefield in appomattox virginia, the country which he had pledged his allegiance was no longer exists, leaving stateless. and lee is a prominent example. but there were others in the confederacy who had sided with the confederacy, who also can no longer claim u.s. can, no longer claim citizenship in that country. then the country that they wished still existed. and so andrew johnson, president after abraham lincoln's assassination, begins a series of pardons, starts the pardon people who were involved the with the with the confederate sc this is as grand part the foot soldiers and then johnson begins to pardon some of them are high ranking individuals despite multiple amnesties that eventually included almost everyone who sided with the south. there was one major exception lingering confederate general robert de lee indicted for treason. he was fortunate to avoid prosecution and for any wartime crimes. after famously surrendering to grant in 1865, this offer, given this june, about two months after laying down arms, sent president joh

it wasn't until 1864 when he brings ulysses grant east that he finally says, i can step back to commander and army. but it did also mean he had to recognize at the same time that there were an awful lot of people making tremendous sacrifices. a lot of lives were being lost. those were sometimes the result of mistakes on the part of the generals. so when it came time to deliver that famous address, who are the people he talks about? not the generals, not the commanders. he talks about they who fought here. the ordinary soldiers living and struggling here. they have hollowed the ground far above our power to add or detract. >> that struck a wonderful note of reconciliation between the fact that, yes there is a war on. i have to be a war leader. i have to command soldiers and their have to be generals. we have to win the war. at the same time he's able to blend that with a very democratic understanding of who the soldiers were and what the war was about because the war was really about the preservation of this thing we call democracy. over and above all the other things we can talk about as

his name is hiram ulysses grant and he gets to west point and there like ulysses s grant. his mother's maiden name was simpson. he's five foot tall, he's like yep, that's right. that's my name. no further questions. and thank goodness he did because otherwise his initials would have been hug and i don't think a guy with the initials hug could have won the civil war but u.s. grant unconditional surrender grant, that's a guy who can take you to victory. he is noted as a water colorist which surprises people and also horsemen. he held jumping records, horsemanship records that stood for decades after he left the military academy. he topped out at 5'8" about 180. he had a bit of a growth spurt but he was an average size american. he like all army explorers, he is in mexico with winfield scott and zachary taylor but after the u.s./mexico war he goes to the pacific northwest oregon and washington and makes notes and observations like all army officers do and the primary source that y'all are going to be reading for this class is an army officer's journal, right? lawrence kips jo

on the top right, and the bust of ulysses s grant in the lower right. following these events on june 20th of 2020, mayor london breed issued a directive that called on the san francisco arts commission, the human rights commission, and recreation and parks department to lead a community process to evaluate the public monuments and memorials in the city's civic art collection. the arts commission then worked closely with our city partners to establish a plan, and by january of 2022, had identified and selected the community representatives that formed the monuments and memorials advisory committee, or edvac for short, which was comprised of 13 community advocates and arts and cultural leaders that worked through june of 2023 to make recommendations and updates to our public art policies and guidelines. as the committee's three co-chairs from the arts commission, the human rights commission, and the recreation and parks, rec and park department, state. in their open letter to the final report, i quote and max charge was to examine the history of the monum

some of the other examples of the sort of in-between things that have occurred over time ulysses s grant after his presidency, he conducted a world tour and while he was longer in office in some ways he was still treated as the presidentt at point. travelooa really long time and so though he was no longer in office, it wouldn't have been possible for the person in office go around the count a take months and months and months and months to see all of the different nations. he went to he went to asia. he went to the middle east. he wento africa. he went to europ and he received actually really extraordinary gifts from all over the world, manyf which still exist in the white hse collection, including a couple of arabian, which i'm not sure how got back, but nonetheless, that's a pretty cool present to receive if you're traveling. another example of alliances and presidential participation on the world stage is theodore roosevelt and his role in the panama canal. so for some time prior to roosevelt administration, the united states had been interested in acquiring a financial interest contr

and as you will see from our attendees, unfortunately, -- -- ulysses grant was unable to join us. we apologize for that. ladies and gentlemen, the 2024 presidential families for him. thank you very much. dr. kirk brown, the floor is yours. >> turn your phones off, people. >> good evening, good afternoon, wherever we are. great to be with you. here we are. let me start that over. good evening, welcome. great to see you all. great to have you here. i feel a little bit like some do that is following the winning cast into the oscars, or something. these famous descendents. such a great pleasure to be with them. such wonderful people to boot. i just wanted to say before we start into the panel, and introduce our topic, and start to talk about the things that you want to hear, i just want to thank you as an audience. some of you traveled. this is a wonderful place. a couple times that we have been here, clinton, and his team, the board, harry's girls, all the people associated with this, and know it seems like for a lot of people, it is a fun in the sun come the place to be. there is su

i thought ulysses grant not quite, harry haberdasher truman. not quite. it's really. it's really going on on the point, i think samuel adams the the most remarkable second act in american life. could you say a little bit more about that? sure. and i should just back up and say that although that is the first line of the book, it's one of the last lines i wrote because i know about you. i write my introductions after i've written the book. so for me, the first line of the book is what is to you the first line of the second chapter? because my publisher doesn't believe that anyone ever reads the introduction, so he labels the introduction. chapter one, and that is so the really the book begins with paul revere's ride to my mind, and it goes back to really what i was hinting at when i say adams sort of flamed out early in life. he he has two degrees from harvard. his family has every expectation that he will be either a successful minister or a successful lawyer or a successful businessman. to each of those professions, he gives a few minutes of his time and moves on and

i thought ulysses grant not quite, harry haberdasher truman. not quite. it's really. it's really going on on the point, i think samuel adams the the most remarkable second act in american life. could you say a little bit more about that? sure. and i should just back up and say that although that is the first line of the book, it's one of the last lines i wrote because i know about you. i write my introductions after i've written the book. so for me, the first line of the book is what is to you the first line of the second chapter? because my publisher doesn't believe that anyone ever reads the introduction, so he labels the introduction. chapter one, and that is so the really the book begins with paul revere's ride to my mind, and it goes back to really what i was hinting at when i say adams sort of flamed out early in life. he he has two degrees from harvard. his family has every expectation that he will be either a successful minister or a successful lawyer or a successful businessman. to each of those professions, he gives a few minutes of his time and moves on and

presidential library and museum. [ applause ] and as you will see from our attendees, unfortunately, ulysses grant dietz was unable to join us this evening so we do apologize for that. ladies and gentlemen, the 2024 presidential families forum. thank you very much. dr. kurt graham, the floor is yours. afternoon. whoever we are, it's great to. great to be here with you. i have to say a couple of things for. oh, here we are. that let me start that over. >> yes, turn your phones off, people. good evening. afternoon wherever you are. it's great to be here with you. i have to say a couple things -- here we are. let me start that over. good evening. welcome. great to see you all. great to have you here. i feel a little bit like some dude that's following the winning cast into the oscars or something. these famous descendents. i mean, there is such a great pleasure to be with them. such wonderful people, to boot. i just want to say before we start into the panel and introduce our topic and start to talk about the things that you came here to hear, i just want to thank you as an audience for assembling he

ultimately commander-in-chief quote even after ulysses s grant became general chief 1864, lincoln maintainedight. he was a hands on commander-in-chief who persisted theithrough a terrible ordeal of defeat and disappointment the final triumph and tragedy at the end he was assassinated for just like they tried to assassinate donald trump. in this propaganda about hitler, may wind up putting a bullet in donald trump's head. i do not think they care about it quite frankly. i really don't pay if you want to talk about anti-semitism, it is you kamala harris it's the things you have said about the jews. it's the things you've said agaiyou have saidagainst the st. it's the things you have said in favor of hamas and our enemies. talking to both sides of your mouth written both sides of your mouth. so i want you to know the american people that generals speaking out trying to destroy a president, that is not new. eight media calling a president a dictator, that is not new. i want you to know that part anti-semitism on the left, whether it's the "new york times" or the "washington post," whether it is

and as you will see from our from our attendees, unfortunate ali, ulysses grant dietz was unable to join us this evening. so we do apologize for that. but ladies and gentlemen, the 2024 presidential families forum. thank you very much, dr. kurt graham. the floor is yours. for. his. just turn your phones up. okay. well, good evening. good afternoon. whoever we are, it's great to. great to be here with you. i have to say a couple of things for. oh, here we are. that let me start that over. good evening. welcome. great to see you all. great to have you here. i, i feel a little bit like some dude that's like following, you know, the winning cast into the oscars or something, you know, these famous descendants. i mean, there's just such a such a great pleasure to be with such wonderful people, too. but i just wanted to say, before we start into the panel, introduce our topic and start to talk about the things that you came here to hear. i just want to thank you as an audience for assembling here. and some of you have traveled to be here. i know. and this is a wonderful place. and i think, you

ulysses s grant, general sherman, general surgeon, and various other united states army generals during the civil war. i'm not going to talk a lot about slavery today. slavery obviously looms over everything we do. it is important to understand when we think about the war in 1861 to 1865. by the way, you know what the initial name for the war is, right? the war of the rebellion. it is not the civil war, it is not the civil independence, or the war of southern treason depending on which side you are looking at. it is the war of the rebellion. >> [ inaudible ]. >> can you hear me now? how about now? do i need to repeat all of it? did you get enough of it? one of the things to understand, succession is caused by slavery. everybody knows it in 1861. everybody knows it in 1861 south carolina succeeds, and says we are succeeding because of the president that has been elected. says that slavery should be put on the road of ultimate extinction. for lincoln, that ultimate extension might have been 1920. 1930. for south carolina, that's way too close to 1860. we are out of here. alexander stephen

. >> ulysses s grant got a ticket for driving too fast, and harry truman got a ticket for driving toow that was it until donald trump. then then you have these other black swan events where where you have an assassination attempt, which it's some kind of a miracle that donald trump wasn't hit but again, we should have been able to predict in some ways that this would be part of our life as political efforts, it has been in the past. >> the blessed to be able to forget this part of our history. yeah. >> and then the final one, of course, is nancy pelosi's. i think her heroic efforts to maneuver joe biden off the ticket. i tell the inside story in american reckoning of how that how that happened and when you think about that, that's also just enormously dramatic. the only time it's ever happened before in recent history was lyndon johnson in 1968. but that was in january. this was in july and again, high drama in the 2024 election. and i tried to convey that in the book. >> yeah, it certainly was earlier in the year what about the pelosi maneuvering behind the scenes? do you lay out in

some of the other examples of the in between things that have occurred over time ulysses s grant after his presidency conducted a world to work. he was no longer in office in some ways he was still treated the president at that point travel took a really long time. even though he is no longer in office it wld not of been possible for the perfect person in office to go around the country take months and months and months and months to see the different nations. he went to iae he went to the middle east, wt to africa, he went to europe and received a releas t ordinary gifts from all over the world. many still exist in the white house for election includi arabian sllions which i'm not sure how he got back. it's pretty cool present to receive if you are traveling. another example of alliances and presidential participation on the world stage is theodore roosevelt and his role in the panama canal. so, for some time prior to roosevelt administration of thee united states have been interested in acquiring a financial interest and control over a canal. it is going to make a trade and travel up