DID YOU KNOW?    



The year before he arrived at Drexel's Cottage, Grant wrote a letter to Tiffany & Co. requesting a contribution for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
 
    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.



Become a tour guide

Spend your summer days upon the very porch where Grant completed his memoirs.



Become part of our dedicated volunteer staff at our

Annual Volunteer Orientation
Saturday, May 19.  10am - Noon


New tour guides will be provided with informational packets and have the chance to shadow our veteran tour guides.

Contact us to RSVP





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.