DID YOU KNOW?    


Ulysses S. Grant's memoir is often cited as the best of all presidential writings?

 
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    Save the Date!   

Friends of Grant Cottage
Fundraiser

Sunday, July 7, 2013
at the
Canfield Casino
Saratoga Springs, NY

Featured Speaker:
Grant's great-great grandson,
Ulysses Grant Dietz

Although it's well over a year away, this event, accompanied by a carriage ride through Saratoga Springs, music in Congress Park, and more is surely not to be missed!  
 
"I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did."

- General Ulysses S. Grant, about paperwork and administration
  
 

Welcome to the historic home where
Ulysses S. Grant fought his final battles.


2012 Opening Weekend
May 26-28

Join us for our annual weekend opening event:
Sunday, May 27 at 1pm

Featuring:
"Grant's Ambassador to Egypt"
A presentation by Dr. Hollis Palmer, author of The Batcheller Mansion



Tom Smith will perform period songs on the banjo, and cake will be served on the porch.



Cottage to be Featured in Upcoming Book:
50 Museums in Upstate New York
You've Never Heard Of


It may seem bittersweet: to be featured on a list of locations that comes across as being unknown or not popular. People have been visiting the Cottage since the moment Grant’s casket descended Mt. McGregor via train in 1885. But its history of intermittent accessibility due to changing ownership over the years is one of a few reasons contributing to why the author felt the Grant Cottage would be eligible for his upcoming publication.
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