Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) led the U.S. Army to victory in the American Civil War as its general-in-chief & served as 18th #President of the #UnitedStates (1869–1877), signing the #CivilRights Acts of 1871 & 1875 & into creation U.S. Department of Justice / DOJ Civil Rights Division #usgrant200

"The white people are not taking their defeat in the matter of the busses with anything approaching grace ... " James Baldwin writing from to Mary Garin-Painter from Alabama, 1957, in Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin; more images bit.ly/31deKja

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Breaking News: David McCullough, the best-selling author and documentary narrator with a gift for exploring America’s past, has died at age 89. nyti.ms/3vQfnAR

Help get Ulysses S. Grant, victorious American #CivilWar commander of Union forces & twice-elected 18th #POTUS, posthumously promoted to the #USArmy’s highest rank, #GeneraloftheArmies (plural), the honor given to George Washington in 1976. grantrevealed.com/ulysses-s-gran…

Check out this podcast regarding U.S. Grant’s presidency, with Albert Mackey & @NickSacco55 #ulyssessgrant #potus18 #usgrant200

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➡️Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a more strident statement: “We continue to demand that Syrian officials fulfill their obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to acknowledge the detention of Austin and every other US national held in Syria”

The 2nd USCT regimental flag at the State Museum and the muster rolls of the 5th USCT at the National Civil War Museum left me speechless.

Peter Rothermel’s Battle of Gettysburg series of paintings is always incredible to check out at the State Museum, including his famous depiction of Pickett’s Charge.

.@InkedHistorian just reminded me of a real pet peeve of mine: typefaces failing the Il1 test like the Twitter tweet #typeface does. Promote #sansserif typefaces like #Verdana, #DroidSans, #Heinemann, #Noto, the revised #Segoe/#Selawik & #Ebrima. Screw the rest. #fonts

Though back in May there was press mention of Grant inspiring Cheney, I didn’t expect her to invoke him last night. Of course, it brought forth the old refrains: “Grant the Butcher,” “only won because Lee was sick,” etc. E.g. the comments to this… x.com/greg_price11/s…

“We see a rainbow - hope - of the passing of the storm. The painting's name: The Peacemakers, for me, is a constant reassurance the cause of peace will triumph & ours can be the future Lincoln gave his life for: a future free of both tyranny & fear” - George HW Bush 🇺🇸 #POTUS 🎩

One reason so many people engage in counterfactual thinking about history is that it relieves them of the need to find out and understand what actually happened. That would mean doing a lot of reading and learning.

Theodore Roosevelt was first American President to ride publicly in a car, 120 years ago today, Hartford, Connecticut. And the car (Columbia Victoria Phaeton) was electric.