Historical sites to mark 200th birthday of Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant

A boy named Hiram, destined to alter the course of historical past, was born 200 years in the past this month in a tiny, one-room cottage close to the Ohio River within the hamlet of Level Nice.

That boy, after all, is better-known as Ulysses S Grant, and the bicentennial of his delivery on April 27, 1822, will likely be celebrated this month at that birthplace, now an Ohio Historical past Connection historic website.

Different bicentennial occasions will happen at different places in Clermont and Brown counties, together with Grant’s boyhood residence and schoolhouse in close by Georgetown, that are additionally Ohio Historical past Connection websites.

After his delivery, Grant’s household lived in Level Nice for a yr earlier than transferring to Georgetown and the two-story brick home the place he would spend his boyhood.

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, the boy grew to become Ulysses S. Grant resulting from a paperwork error upon his admission to West Level on the age of 17.

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Later, as an Military normal, Grant grew to become the nice Civil Struggle hero of the Union Military, which led to his election because the 18th President of the US.

Grant by no means lived in Ohio after his youth however returned to see family and friends a number of occasions and had many fond recollections of his boyhood within the space.

And, after all, Grant went on to develop into the 18th President of the US.

An entire listing of bicentennial occasions, which proceed all through 2022, is accessible by the Uncover Clermont guests bureau at www.discoverclermont.com/grant.

Grant bicentennial birthday occasions

• Bicentennial birthday week occasions start from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23-24 on the Grant Birthplace, 1551 Ohio 232, Level Nice, Ohio. The positioning will host Civil Struggle reenactors and a wandering storyteller who will work together with guests each days. On April 23, the positioning may also host an historic participatory dance demonstration by the Neglect-Me-Not Dance Firm at 3 p.m. and a cake-cutting ceremony with speeches at 4 p.m.

The Birthplace may also host a studying of a Grant Bicentennial Proclamation at 2 p.m. April 27, with excursions and light-weight refreshments.

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• Downtown New Richmond, only a few miles from the Grant Birthplace, will host its personal Grant Birthday celebration from 11 a.m. to five p.m. April 23.

Riverside eating places, outlets and group organizations in New Richmond will supply specials and actions and a shuttle bus will run each half-hour to the Grant Birthplace and again.

• A Grant Birthday bicentennial dinner will likely be held from 6 to 9 p.m. April 27 at Norlyn Manor, 4440 State Route 132 in Batavia. The dinner will likely be ready by a staff of all-star Clermont County cooks and can embrace interval music and speeches and reenactments by native actors. Tickets have to be bought upfront at www.discoverclermont.com/grant.

• On April 28 at 6 p.m., the Georgetown United Methodist Church, 217 S. Major St., will host a presentation “Ladies in Grant’s Life.”

• The time Grant’s household spent in close by Bethel will likely be recalled at 6 p.m. April 29 at Residing the Phrase Church, 402 W. Aircraft St. in Bethel. Historian Curt Fields will painting Grant and interval music will likely be offered by Steve and Lisa Ball.

• The large bicentennial birthday bash will happen in Georgetown all through the day of April 30, ending with a lightweight present and fireworks finale on Courthouse Sq.. 

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Occasions start at 10 a.m. at Gaslight Theater, 110 E. State St., with Admiral Sean Buck, superintendent of the US Naval Academy, interviewing “Normal US Grant” as portrayed by long-time Grant reenactor Curt Fields.

At midday, birthday cake will likely be served on the Georgetown United Methodist Church Fellowship Corridor, 217 S. Major St. Lunch may also be obtainable for buy.

At 2 p.m., Gaslight Theater will host “A Dialog with US Grant” between Charles Calhoon, writer of “The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant,” and Fields portraying Grant.

At 7 p.m., the 122nd Military Nationwide Guard Band will carry out on Courthouse Sq., or at Gaslight Theater in case of rain.

The sunshine present and fireworks start at 9 p.m.

Admission to all of the day’s occasions is free. The Grant Boyhood Dwelling (www.usgrantboyhoodhome.com, 219 E. Grant Ave., Georgetown) and the Grant Schoolhouse, 508 S. Water St., may also supply free admission in the course of the day.

The www.discoverclermont.com/grant website additionally contains details about the Land of Grant Path, that includes 17 customer websites with connections to Grant in Clermont and Brown counties. A cellular trail-guide obtain contains details about every cease and permits guests to register to obtain a particular Grant bicentennial commemorative medallion.

Steve Stephens is a contract journey author and photographer. E-mail him at sjstephensjr@gmail.com.