Discover Ulysses S. Grant’s local connections at the 12th annual symposium in Cape Girardeau on Nov. 7, featuring expert speakers and a tribute to historian Frank Nickell. Registration required.

The Ulysses S. Grant Symposium returns to Cape Girardeau on Nov. 7, featuring expert talks on Grant’s Civil War legacy, a ...

Rutherford B. Hayes visited the following year as a sitting president; no other sitting president visited the lake until Bill ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Cape Girardeau holds a unique and consequential past, particularly associated with one of the most renowned men of the Civil War and an eventual president of the United ...

Who is on the 50-dollar bill? Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th U.S. President, is the fifty-dollar bill president. Learn why Ulysses Grant is on the 50-dollar bill, plus key symbols on the 50-dollar bill, ...

Dubbed the "Angel's Glow" by Civil War soldiers doctors reported that those with glowing wounds had lower infection rates and ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

President Ulysses S. Grant delivers his second inaugural address from the east steps of the U.S. Capitol as the temperature topped out at 16 degrees Fahrenheit on March 4, 1873, in Washington, D.C. A ...

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The Palmer House has hosted every US President since Ulysses S. Grant and has seen performances by Frank Sinatra, Judy ...