Today, our Nation marks the birthday of President Ulysses S. Grant—the fearless general who carried the Union to victory in the Civil War. As our 18th President, he lifted a wounded Republic out of ...
Posture erect, face tired but proud, Robert E. Lee walked down the steps of the McLean House in Appomattox, Va. The date was April 9, not 1865 but 2015, the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the ...
Ulysses S. Grant wasn’t born in Illinois. He was a native Ohioan, but his brief time in Galena meant a lot to many of its ...