Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Birthplace Site Awarded the Ohio History Connection History Leadership Award for 2023
By Professor Earnest Veritas · Originally published August 2023 · pp. 30
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Birthplace Site
Awarded the Ohio History Connection History Leadership Award for 2023
By Professor Earnest Veritas Special Correspondent to – Western Theater –
The Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home in Georgetown, Ohio, was named a 2023 recipient of the greatly desired Ohio History Leadership Award by the Ohio History Connection, a state agency for the development and maintenance of significant Ohio history sites and organizations. The director of the Ohio History Connection, Megan Wood, in praising the efforts of the Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home during the Grant birth bicentennial year of 2022, said this about the year-long efforts of the Boyhood Home, coupled with the efforts of the Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio (just a few miles from the Boyhood Home): “The History Leadership Awards are given out every year at Statehood Day to honor people or groups who have done something exemplary for Ohio history. In the past we have honored elected officials and this year we decided to broaden it out
to show the breadth of leadership examples in history in the state. We decided to recognize the Grant sites in Clermont and Brown Counties because their 200th birthday events for President Grant drew more participants than another commemoration. Their work also demonstrated an exemplary partnership between two counties and multiple organizations.” The Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home hosted ten events during the 200th year of Grant’s birth, ranging from a talk about “GrantThe Civil Rights President” at the National Underground Railroad Center in Cincinnati on February 17, 2022, to “U.S. Grant’s Story: A One-Man Show” with music by Steve and Lisa Ball at the Grant Theater in Georgetown on October 15, 2022. The other programs were: “This is your Life, U.S. Grant,” “The Women in U.S. Grant’s Life” by Chris Burns, “U.S. Grant Remembers Bethel” by the Bethel Historical Society in Bethel, Ohio, “Songs and Stories of a Civil War Field Hospital.” “Grant and Twain: The Men
Birthplace of Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. (Greg Hume)
Grant’s boyhood home as it appears today.
And The Memoirs” with Warren Brown as Samuel Clemens and Curt Fields as Grant, “Celtic Music with the Pedigo’s,” “How Grant’s Tomb Came Back from the Dead” with Frank Scaturro as speaker, “U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee,” with Thomas Jessee as General Lee, “Touring Ulysses’ Hometown On Foot” with Dr. Ned Lodwick, Brown county Historian, as guide, “The Last Days of U.S. Grant” by Ben Kemp, the Historian and operations manager at the U.S. Grant Cottage National Historic Landmark in Wilton, N.Y., and the last program of the year was “U.S. Grant’s Story: A One-man Show” with Dr. Curt Fields as Grant. The birthday itself was celebrated on Saturday April 30 with events throughout the day in Georgetown. The highlight of the year-long birthday celebrations was the program “In His Own Words”; interviews held with both General and President Grant in the Grant Theater. General Grant was interviewed in the morning about his military career by the current superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Navy Vice-Admiral Sean Buck. In the afternoon, President Grant was interviewed about his Presidency by Dr. Charles Calhoun, author of the book “The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.” Attendance for the interviews program was estimated at 350 people, the largest attendance for any single event celebrating Grant’s birthday during the bicentennial year. After the interview with General Grant, a reception was held in the Georgetown United Methodist Church. General Grant used a saber to cut his birthday cakes. The cakes were then shared with all who came to the reception. The Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, had many programs and events throughout the year in observance of General and President Ulysses S. Grant. The History Leadership Award medallions were given to each of the recipients in the rotunda of the Ohio State Capitol building on Saturday, March 2, 2023, by Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio First Lady Fran Dewine. General and Mrs. Grant were with the Boyhood Home contingent to gratefully receive the medallions. For information about this event and other activities of the Ohio History Connection, contact:
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The Ohio History Connection at 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, OH 43211, phone 614-297-2300, 800-686-6124. For information about the U.S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, 1551 OH-232, Moscow, OH 45153. http://www. usgrantbirthplace.org, phone 513-497-0492.
For information about the Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home: 219 E Grant Ave, Georgetown, OH, 45121, usghainfo@gmail. com, usgrantboyhoodhome.org, phone 937-378-3087. “Simply put: tell the simple truth, simply.” – Professor E. Veritas
General Grant was interviewed about his military career by U.S. Naval Academy superintendent Vice-Admiral Sean Buck.
President Grant was interviewed about his Presidency by Dr. Charles W. Calhoun, author of The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.
General and Mrs. Grant with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine.
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