Ulysses S. Grant Home

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WE RECENTLY TOURED THE HOME OF A WAR HERO WHO WAS THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT TO THE HOME OF A WAR HERO WHO WAS THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT TO CALL ILLINOIS HOME. THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT TO CALL ILLINOIS HOME. IT IS A YOU LIS SIS S GRANT HOME CALL ILLINOIS HOME. IT IS A YOU LIS SIS S GRANT HOME STATE HISTORIC SITE IN GALENA. IT IS A YOU LIS SIS S GRANT HOME STATE HISTORIC SITE IN GALENA. >> ULYSSES. STATE HISTORIC SITE IN GALENA. >> ULYSSES. >>WHEN NERAL GRANT RETURNED TO >> ULYSSES. >>WHEN NERAL GRANT RETURNED TO GALENA SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL >>WHEN NERAL GRANT RETURNED TO GALENA SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WARNING HE WAS GREETED NOT ONLY GALENA SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WARNING HE WAS GREETED NOT ONLY WITH ARCHED BRIDGE OVER MAIN WARNING HE WAS GREETED NOT ONLY WITH ARCHED BRIDGE OVER MAIN STREET, BUT A CROWD ESTIMATED AT WITH ARCHED BRIDGE OVER MAIN STREET, BUT A CROWD ESTIMATED AT OVER 2,000 PEOPLE. STREET, BUT A CROWD ESTIMATED AT OVER 2,000 PEOPLE. HE WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH A NEW OVER 2,000 PEOPLE. HE WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH A NEW HOME. HE WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH A NEW HOME. >>THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1860 HOME. >>THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1860 FOR ALEXANDER JOHNSON WHO WAS >>THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1860 FOR ALEXANDER JOHNSON WHO WAS THE CITY CLERK AT THAT PARK TICK FOR ALEXANDER JOHNSON WHO WAS THE CITY CLERK AT THAT PARK TICK TIE. THE CITY CLERK AT THAT PARK TICK TIE. LIVED HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. TIE. LIVED HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. THEN THE CONGRESSMAN WASH BURN LIVED HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. THEN THE CONGRESSMAN WASH BURN AND 14 OTHER DIGNITARIES, THEN THE CONGRESSMAN WASH BURN AND 14 OTHER DIGNITARIES, PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1865 TO AND 14 OTHER DIGNITARIES, PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1865 TO GIVE TO GRANT ON HIS RETURN FROM PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1865 TO GIVE TO GRANT ON HIS RETURN FROM THE CIVIL WAR. GIVE TO GRANT ON HIS RETURN FROM THE CIVIL WAR. >> CONGRESSMAN ELI WASHBURN HAD THE CIVIL WAR. >> CONGRESSMAN ELI WASHBURN HAD BEEN A SPONSOR OF GRANT'S SECOND >> CONGRESSMAN ELI WASHBURN HAD BEEN A SPONSOR OF GRANT'S SECOND MILITARY CAREER AND NOW WAS BEEN A SPONSOR OF GRANT'S SECOND MILITARY CAREER AND NOW WAS POSITIONING HIM FOR A MILITARY CAREER AND NOW WAS POSITIONING HIM FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RUN. POSITIONING HIM FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RUN. THE HOME WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER PRESIDENTIAL RUN. THE HOME WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER BACKDROP FOR THE CAMPAIGN THAN THE HOME WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER BACKDROP FOR THE CAMPAIGN THAN GRANT'S PREVIOUSLY RENTED HOME. BACKDROP FOR THE CAMPAIGN THAN GRANT'S PREVIOUSLY RENTED HOME. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. GRANT'S PREVIOUSLY RENTED HOME. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. IT IS A SMALL -- IT IS NOT >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. IT IS A SMALL -- IT IS NOT SMALL, BUT SMALLER THAN SOME OF IT IS A SMALL -- IT IS NOT SMALL, BUT SMALLER THAN SOME OF THE MANSIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE SMALL, BUT SMALLER THAN SOME OF THE MANSIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. THE MANSIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. THIS WAS JUST A GOOD HOME FOR OF THE RIVER. THIS WAS JUST A GOOD HOME FOR HIM AND KIND OF SATURDAY HERE BY THIS WAS JUST A GOOD HOME FOR HIM AND KIND OF SATURDAY HERE BY ITSELF. HIM AND KIND OF SATURDAY HERE BY ITSELF. THERE WERE OTHER OTHER HOMES ITSELF. THERE WERE OTHER OTHER HOMES HERE. THERE WERE OTHER OTHER HOMES HERE. 90% OF THE FURNITURE THAT IS HERE. 90% OF THE FURNITURE THAT IS HERE TODAY WAS IN THE HOME IN 90% OF THE FURNITURE THAT IS HERE TODAY WAS IN THE HOME IN 1865 WHEN THEY GAVE THE HOME TO HERE TODAY WAS IN THE HOME IN 1865 WHEN THEY GAVE THE HOME TO HIM. 1865 WHEN THEY GAVE THE HOME TO HIM. ACTUALLY THEY PURCHASED THE HOME HIM. ACTUALLY THEY PURCHASED THE HOME IN 1865 FOR $2,500 COMPLETELY ACTUALLY THEY PURCHASED THE HOME IN 1865 FOR $2,500 COMPLETELY FURNISHED. IN 1865 FOR $2,500 COMPLETELY FURNISHED. THAT IS IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE A FURNISHED. THAT IS IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE A HOME 140 YEARS OLD AND TO HAVE THAT IS IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE A HOME 140 YEARS OLD AND TO HAVE THIS MUCH FURNITURE IN THE HOME HOME 140 YEARS OLD AND TO HAVE THIS MUCH FURNITURE IN THE HOME THAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY. THIS MUCH FURNITURE IN THE HOME THAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY. FIVE BEDROOMS, PRESIDENT AND THAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY. FIVE BEDROOMS, PRESIDENT AND MRS. GRANT'S BEDROOM, EACH ONE FIVE BEDROOMS, PRESIDENT AND MRS. GRANT'S BEDROOM, EACH ONE OF THE CHILDREN HAD A BEDROOM UP MRS. GRANT'S BEDROOM, EACH ONE OF THE CHILDREN HAD A BEDROOM UP THERE. ALL OF THE FURNITURE UP OF THE CHILDREN HAD A BEDROOM UP THERE. ALL OF THE FURNITURE UP THERE, THE LARGER PIECES OF THERE. ALL OF THE FURNITURE UP THERE, THE LARGER PIECES OF FURNITURE ARE ALL ORIGINAL TO THERE, THE LARGER PIECES OF FURNITURE ARE ALL ORIGINAL TO THE HOME EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S FURNITURE ARE ALL ORIGINAL TO THE HOME EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S BED UP THERE. THE HOME EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S BED UP THERE. THAT IS EVEN OLDER THAN THE REST BED UP THERE. THAT IS EVEN OLDER THAN THE REST OF THE HOME. THAT IS EVEN OLDER THAN THE REST OF THE HOME. THEY BROUGHT THAT, PRESIDENT AND OF THE HOME. THEY BROUGHT THAT, PRESIDENT AND MRS. GRANT BROUGHT IT IN 1860 THEY BROUGHT THAT, PRESIDENT AND MRS. GRANT BROUGHT IT IN 1860 WHEN THEY CAME FROM ST. LOUIS. MRS. GRANT BROUGHT IT IN 1860 WHEN THEY CAME FROM ST. LOUIS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL JENNY LIND. WHEN THEY CAME FROM ST. LOUIS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL JENNY LIND. IT IS OLDER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL JENNY LIND. IT IS OLDER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE HOUSE. IT IS OLDER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE HOUSE. >>DOWNSTAIRS THE PARLOR WAS AT IN THE HOUSE. >>DOWNSTAIRS THE PARLOR WAS AT TIMES USED LIKE A FAMILY ROOM. >>DOWNSTAIRS THE PARLOR WAS AT TIMES USED LIKE A FAMILY ROOM. GRANT LATER WROTE ABOUT TIMES USED LIKE A FAMILY ROOM. GRANT LATER WROTE ABOUT WRESTLING WITH HIS CHILDREN ON GRANT LATER WROTE ABOUT WRESTLING WITH HIS CHILDREN ON THE CARPET. WRESTLING WITH HIS CHILDREN ON THE CARPET. >>IT IS NOT ORIGINAL CARPET: THE CARPET. >>IT IS NOT ORIGINAL CARPET: BUT IT IS EXACT REPLICA. >>IT IS NOT ORIGINAL CARPET: BUT IT IS EXACT REPLICA. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND BUT IT IS EXACT REPLICA. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ILLUSTRATIONS IN 1860'S AND 70'S WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ILLUSTRATIONS IN 1860'S AND 70'S AND 80'S, AND IT IS ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATIONS IN 1860'S AND 70'S AND 80'S, AND IT IS ACTUALLY EVEN WE HAVE HAD IN THE SAME AND 80'S, AND IT IS ACTUALLY EVEN WE HAVE HAD IN THE SAME LOOM IN ENGLAND THAT THE EVEN WE HAVE HAD IN THE SAME LOOM IN ENGLAND THAT THE ORIGINAL CARPET WAS WHEN THEY LOOM IN ENGLAND THAT THE ORIGINAL CARPET WAS WHEN THEY PUT THE CARPETING HERE IN 1860. ORIGINAL CARPET WAS WHEN THEY PUT THE CARPETING HERE IN 1860. >> BESIDES THE ORIGINAL PUT THE CARPETING HERE IN 1860. >> BESIDES THE ORIGINAL FURNITURE, THERE ARE PIECES ON >> BESIDES THE ORIGINAL FURNITURE, THERE ARE PIECES ON DISPLAY THAT GRANTS RECEIVED FURNITURE, THERE ARE PIECES ON DISPLAY THAT GRANTS RECEIVED DURING THE WORLD TOUR LIKE THESE DISPLAY THAT GRANTS RECEIVED DURING THE WORLD TOUR LIKE THESE TWO VASES. DURING THE WORLD TOUR LIKE THESE TWO VASES. THEY WERE A GIFT FROM THE KING TWO VASES. THEY WERE A GIFT FROM THE KING OF BULGARIA. THEY WERE A GIFT FROM THE KING OF BULGARIA. IN THE DINING ROOM IS A REMINDER OF BULGARIA. IN THE DINING ROOM IS A REMINDER OF A JOYOUS EVENT AT THE WHITE IN THE DINING ROOM IS A REMINDER OF A JOYOUS EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. OF A JOYOUS EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>PLACE SETTINGS, HAVILAND HOUSE. >>PLACE SETTINGS, HAVILAND CHINA, OPEN ONE IS MONOGRAMS "G" >>PLACE SETTINGS, HAVILAND CHINA, OPEN ONE IS MONOGRAMS "G" THEY HAD THREE BOYS AND ONE CHINA, OPEN ONE IS MONOGRAMS "G" THEY HAD THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. THEY HAD THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. DAUGHTER NELLIE WAS MARRIED IN GIRL. DAUGHTER NELLIE WAS MARRIED IN 1874 IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THAT DAUGHTER NELLIE WAS MARRIED IN 1874 IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THAT CHINA WAS MADE FOR THAT 1874 IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THAT CHINA WAS MADE FOR THAT PARTICULAR WEDDING. CHINA WAS MADE FOR THAT PARTICULAR WEDDING. BEHIND US IS CIGAR HOLDER AND PARTICULAR WEDDING. BEHIND US IS CIGAR HOLDER AND HAS HIS MONOGRAM ON IT, WHICH BEHIND US IS CIGAR HOLDER AND HAS HIS MONOGRAM ON IT, WHICH WAS PREN TODAY HIM AFTER THE HAS HIS MONOGRAM ON IT, WHICH WAS PREN TODAY HIM AFTER THE CIVIL WAR ALSO. WAS PREN TODAY HIM AFTER THE CIVIL WAR ALSO. HE DID PICK UP THE HABIT OF CIVIL WAR ALSO. HE DID PICK UP THE HABIT OF SMOKING DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE DID PICK UP THE HABIT OF SMOKING DURING THE CIVIL WAR. SMOKED UPWARDS TO 20 A DAY. SMOKING DURING THE CIVIL WAR. SMOKED UPWARDS TO 20 A DAY. PART OF THE REASON HE SMOKED THE SMOKED UPWARDS TO 20 A DAY. PART OF THE REASON HE SMOKED THE CIGARS WAS THE SMELL OF DEG WAS PART OF THE REASON HE SMOKED THE CIGARS WAS THE SMELL OF DEG WAS ALL AROUND. CIGARS WAS THE SMELL OF DEG WAS ALL AROUND. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ALL AROUND. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN BEING KILLED EVERY DAY THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN BEING KILLED EVERY DAY DURING THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, AND MEN BEING KILLED EVERY DAY DURING THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THAT I WILL DURING THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THAT I WILL US STRAY TORS AND EDITORS AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THAT I WILL US STRAY TORS AND EDITORS AND NEWSPAPERS FOUND OUT THAT HE US STRAY TORS AND EDITORS AND NEWSPAPERS FOUND OUT THAT HE SMOKED, HE WOULD GET SOMETIMES NEWSPAPERS FOUND OUT THAT HE SMOKED, HE WOULD GET SOMETIMES UPWARDS OF TEN THOUSAND CIGARS SMOKED, HE WOULD GET SOMETIMES UPWARDS OF TEN THOUSAND CIGARS WOULD BE SHIPPED TO HIM HAD. UPWARDS OF TEN THOUSAND CIGARS WOULD BE SHIPPED TO HIM HAD. HE COULDN'T GIVE THEM AWAY FAST WOULD BE SHIPPED TO HIM HAD. HE COULDN'T GIVE THEM AWAY FAST ENOUGH. HE COULDN'T GIVE THEM AWAY FAST ENOUGH. BUT HE KEPT UP THE HABIT OF ENOUGH. BUT HE KEPT UP THE HABIT OF SMOKING, AND HE SMOKED UP TO 20 BUT HE KEPT UP THE HABIT OF SMOKING, AND HE SMOKED UP TO 20 A DAY. SMOKING, AND HE SMOKED UP TO 20 A DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WEREN'T A DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WEREN'T QUITE AS EDUCATED AS THEY ARE UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WEREN'T QUITE AS EDUCATED AS THEY ARE TODAY. QUITE AS EDUCATED AS THEY ARE TODAY. HE DID FIND OUT IN 1884, HE DID TODAY. HE DID FIND OUT IN 1884, HE DID HAVE LUNG CANCER AND HE DIED THE HE DID FIND OUT IN 1884, HE DID HAVE LUNG CANCER AND HE DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HAVE LUNG CANCER AND HE DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT IT IS PROBABLY THE HOME THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT IT IS PROBABLY THE HOME THE FAMILY OWNED LONGEST. BUT IT IS PROBABLY THE HOME THE FAMILY OWNED LONGEST. HE RECEIVED IT AUGUST 18, 1865, FAMILY OWNED LONGEST. HE RECEIVED IT AUGUST 18, 1865, AND THEY KEPT IT UNTIL 1904 WHEN HE RECEIVED IT AUGUST 18, 1865, AND THEY KEPT IT UNTIL 1904 WHEN THE CHILDREN DEEDED OVER TO THE AND THEY KEPT IT UNTIL 1904 WHEN THE CHILDREN DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY OF GALENA IN 1904. THE CHILDREN DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY OF GALENA IN 1904. THE CITY FELL IN ROUGH TIMES R, CITY OF GALENA IN 1904. THE CITY FELL IN ROUGH TIMES R, AS MANY CITIES DID IN THE THE CITY FELL IN ROUGH TIMES R, AS MANY CITIES DID IN THE 1930'S. AS MANY CITIES DID IN THE 1930'S. IN 1930, THE CITY SEED DEEDED 1930'S. IN 1930, THE CITY SEED DEEDED OVER TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN 1930, THE CITY SEED DEEDED OVER TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IT HAS BEEN WITH THE STATE OVER TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IT HAS BEEN WITH THE STATE EVER SINCE. AND IT HAS BEEN WITH THE STATE EVER SINCE. I THINK PEOPLE WALK THROUGH HERE EVER SINCE. I THINK PEOPLE WALK THROUGH HERE AND ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT THIS I THINK PEOPLE WALK THROUGH HERE AND ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT THIS HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY HOW AND ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT THIS HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY HOW IT WAS WHEN THE GRANTS WERE HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY HOW IT WAS WHEN THE GRANTS WERE LIVING HERE, IT JUST TAKES YOU IT WAS WHEN THE GRANTS WERE LIVING HERE, IT JUST TAKES YOU BACK IN TIME, 150 YEARS. LIVING HERE, IT JUST TAKES YOU BACK IN TIME, 150 YEARS. IT GIVES THEM A BETTER BACK IN TIME, 150 YEARS. IT GIVES THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GRANT, THE MAN, IT GIVES THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GRANT, THE MAN, THE FAMILY MAN, THE PRESIDENT, UNDERSTANDING OF GRANT, THE MAN, THE FAMILY MAN, THE PRESIDENT, THE GENERAL. TO REACH THE U.S. GRANT HOME IN GALENA CALL (815)777-0248 OR GO TO WWW.ILLINOISHISTORY.GOV, AND GALENA CALL (815)777-0248 OR GO TO WWW.ILLINOISHISTORY.GOV, AND USE THE HISTORIC SITES LINK.