Though Kishida missed last month’s peak bloom of Washington’s cherry blossoms – a gift from Japan dating back ... State Dinner President Ulysses S. Grant served the first state dinner ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point his name was miswritten as “Ulysses ...

On page 931 of his 1,074-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant, author Ron Chernow drops an interesting, if relatively unimportant, local tidbit about the Civil War hero and 18th president of the ...

General in Chief of the Union Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S ... terms as president are best remembered for financial scandals among members of his party and his administration. In 1877, after he left office, Grant traveled ...

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years Eli Wizevich The Union general directly ...