"GRANT COULD NOT BE UNGRACIOUS OR INCONSIDERATE"

PRESIDENT HARDING SAYS SPIRIT OF GENERAL GRANT NEEDED TODAY

Point Pleasant, Ohio (JFK+50) On April 27, 1922, the 100th anniversary of the birth of General Ulysses Simpson Grant*, President Warren G. Harding said the world of today needs "something of the spirit of General Grant."

The President's voice boomed over sound amplifiers that made his voice audible thirty miles distant.  

Mr. Harding said...

"I...wonder if the magnanimity** of Grant, the dogged, persistent, unalterable General in warfare, would not be helpful in the world today."

Speaking of General Grant's performance at the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, President Harding said...

"He could neither hate nor humiliate, and in the very glow of surpassing triumph, he could not be ungracious or inconsiderate."

*Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio & graduated United States Military Academy.  USG was Commanding General of Union forces 1864-1869, Secretary of War 1867-1868, & POTUS 1869-1877.

**magnanimity is the condition of being of great mind & heart, the act of being magnanimous or generous.

SOURCE

"President Says Grant Was Model For Nation," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

   

 

President Ulysses S. Grant

Brady-Handy Photographic Collection

Library of Congress

"MARKING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL'S BIRTH"

HARDING TO SPEAK AT GRANT'S BIRTHPLACE

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 26, 1922, President Warren G. Harding left the Nation's Capital for Ohio where he will speak tomorrow at the birthplace of General Ulysses S. Grant.

The Tribune reports this is the President's first visit back to his home state since he entered the White House

President Harding will address some 20,000 persons at 1 p.m. local time in Point Pleasant*.  The town's listed population is only 150.

The President's appearance marks the 100th anniversary of General Grant's birth.  Mr. Harding will be accompanied by the First Lady and Attorney General Daugherty.

*Point Pleasant is a small community located in Clermont County, Ohio about 25 miles SE of Cincinnati.  The one story cottage in which Gen. Grant was born is on display here.

SOURCE

"Harding Goes to Ohio to Pay Tribute to Memory of Grant," The New York Tribune, April 27, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

Grant's Birthplace

Point Pleasant, Ohio

Photo by Greg Hume

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