"A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysses S. #Grant wielded the power of the federal government to dismantle the #KKK."

#KlanWar: #UlyssesSGrant and the Battle to Save #Reconstruction by #FergusMBordewich

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/647165/klan-war-by-fergus-m-bordewich/

#ReconstructionEra #AmericanCivilWar #KlanTerror #USHistory #AmericanHistory #WhiteSupremacy #KuKluxKlan #books

#Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true
#UlyssesSGrant

Galloping Grant: the day a sitting president of the US was arrested

President Ulysses S Grant’s penchant for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage landed him in trouble with police in 1872

#UlyssesSGrant #UShistory

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/ulysses-s-grant-arrest-speeding-horse-drawn-carriage

Late in his life, the great Hal Holbrook, who we just lost the year before last, had a career-making turn playing . . Although I think the more correct decriptor would be “channeling” . . . Mark Twain.

And although Robin Williams gave us so much in the life he did have, I’ve long thought he might have had a similar late career role in a one show on the life of Ulysses S Grant. I would have so loved to have seen that. #robinwilliams #ulyssessgrant

Am 3. November 1868, heute vor 154 Jahren, gewann Ulysses S. Grant die Präsidentschaftswahl in den USA.

Bei der ersten Präsidentschaftswahl nach dem Ende des Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges setzte sich der Republikaner Grant, der Oberbefehlshaber der Unionsarmee gewesen war, gegen den ehemaligen Gouverneur von New York Horatio Seymour von den Demokraten durch (53:47 %; 214:80 Wahlleute). Grant blieb acht Jahre lang Präsident.

#geschichte #geschichtetoday #ulyssessgrant #usa #uswahl #wahl

#Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true
#UlyssesSGrant