Calendar
When:
July 23, 2016 @ 9:00 AM – July 24, 2016 @ 12:00 PM
2016-07-23T09:00:00+00:00
2016-07-24T12:00:00+00:00
Where:
Missouri Civil War Museum
222 Worth Rd
St. Louis, MO 63125
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Missouri Civil War Museum
314-845-1861

The Missouri Civil War Museum is hosting the US Grant Symposium III, a two-day lecture series focusing on the life, and military and political careers of Ulysses S. Grant. This event is FREE to all, but does require an RSVP by July 21, 2016 to 314-845-1861. Seating is limited, so RSVP today and secure your spot.

Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

9:00am: Remembrance Ceremony presented by the Ulysses S. Grant Camp No. 68, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Missouri Civil War Museum

10:15am – 11:15am: Molly Kodner, Archivist at the Missouri History Museum, presents “My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love”

11:30pm – 12:30pm: Pete Grady, Grant Performer from the Marshalltown Community Theater, presents “Unconditional Surrender: An Afternoon with President Grant”

2:00pm – 3:15pm: Frank J. Williams, President of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Founding Chairman of the Lincoln Forum, “The Politics of 1864: Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, and Abraham Lincoln”

3:30pm – 4:30pm: Henry Sweets, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, “Grant and Twain”

Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Other Venues

9:00am: Bellefontaine Cemetery Civil War Tour

12:00pm & 2:00pm: Campbell House Museum Tour **Discounted admission**