Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks http://mcwm.org/
Missouri Civil War Museum
222 Worth Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63125
Phone : (314) 845-1861
RSVP to Wolk Greg <gregwolk@sbcglobal.net>
Commemoration at White Haven of Grant’s death. Photo from South County Times.
South County Times article, July 22, 2016 on Symposium and commemoration at White Haven on the anniversary of Grant’s death.
It starts at 9:00 am. That is followed by the all day symposium on Grant at the Missouri Civil War Museum, 10:15 to 4:30. Sessions listed below.
Schedule for sessions
10:15 am – 11:15 am
My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love
Molly Kodner, Archivist of the Missouri History Museum / My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love
Synopsis: Molly discusses her 2015 book that collects 160 love letters that St. Louisan James Love wrote to his fiancee, Eliza Mary “Molly” Wilson, during the Civil War, along with selected documents from the Missouri History Museum collection that touch on U. S. Grant’s life and career.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Unconditional Surrender: An Afternoon with President Grant
Unconditional Surrender: An Afternoon with President Grant, written and performed by Pete Grady of Marshalltown, Iowa
Synopsis: Pete Grady’s one-man show uses music, photographs, cartoons, maps and drawings to explore Ulysses Grant’s successes and failures in military and civilian life and provides the audience with a new understanding of Grant.
Lunch break – 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
The Politics of 1864: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan and Abraham Lincoln
Frank J. Williams, President of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and Founding Chairman of The Lincoln Forum / The Politics of 1864: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan and Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Lincoln Laureate and retired Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Frank Williams presents a fascinating portrait of three powerful personalities in a country facing a presidential election in wartime. Frank explores A. Lincoln’s role, and Grant’s role on and off the battlefield, as the 1864 contest of presidential nominees unfolded.
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Grant and Twain
Henry Sweets, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum / Grant and Twain
Synopsis: Hannibal’s leading Twain scholar explores the surprising connection between two of Missouri’s greatest characters. From the early days of the Civil War in northeast Missouri, to Grant’s deathbed, these men helped shape post-war America.
Symposium sponsored by mocivilwar.org
