Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

This hardly is the most famous monument in DC — and in fact those who don’t know their history may wonder what it is – but for those who do know their history, this arguably is the most poignant, evocative monument in our nation’s capital.

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Former President and General Ulysses S. Grant was a pretty important dude in our lovely country’s history. Fact is, he rocked it our as a general during the Civil War. He was considered pretty level headed and kept his ‘cool’ during war. Most notable battles — Shiloh, Donelson, and Vicksburg to name just a few. Not too many generals were like that.
Grant’s colleague, the pyromaniac General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was running the show the same time Grant was — under no circumstance was that level headed. Sherman was running throw the south burning down everything that crossed him wrong — Columbia and Atlanta went up in flames.
Now about Ulysses!
Work on the memorial was begun in 1902 as the largest ever commissioned by Congress at the time, was created by sculptor Henry M. Shrady and architect Edward P. Casey. Shrady spent 20 years of his life working on the memorial and died two weeks before its dedication in 1922. The dedication took place on the 100^th birthday of U.S. Grant. The statue of Grant is mounted on top of his horse Cincinnati with whom was with Grant during all battles of the Civil War.
The memorial stands at eye level as the Abraham Lincoln Memorial 2 miles on the other end of The Mall. It is said that the measurements were mounted to be the same because it is believed that Lincoln and Grant ‘protect’ The Mall.
The Grant Memorial is one of my favorite memorials. I find it quite breathtaking with all the details that went into this memorial. A man with great power and presence in our country during a time our country was fighting against one another.
I find it incredibly appropriate that they settled to put him right in front of Congress. To think this is the same man who (as legend has it) coined the term ‘lobbyist’.
‘Apparently President Grant would frequent the Willard Hotel to enjoy brandy and a cigar, and while he was there, he’d be hounded by petitioners asking for legislative favors or jobs. It is said that President Grant coined the term by referring to the petitioners as «those damn lobbyists.“‘ (
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This is one of my longtime favorite memorials in DC. No it isn’t huge and grand like the Washington or Lincoln Memorials. It does have a lagoon in front of it which pretty much functions as a duck pond. However it is a nice place to sit and take a break if you’re walking around DC in the Capitol and Mall areas. There are steps going down from the Civil War soldier statues (and Grant on his horse of course) to the lagoon that you can sit on and enjoy people watching. Or feed the ducks. You have the Capitol building as a backdrop with lots of trees etc and the Mall going down to the Washington Monument.
All in all it is a nice little memorial park to hang out in for a while.

Auf unserem Weg zum Capitol haben wir noch das Ulysses S. Grant Memorial gestreift. Man findet es zwischen der Pennsylvania Avenue und der Maryland Avenue am östlichen Ende der National Mall. Dieses wurde zu Ehren des Sezessionskrieg-​Generals und U.S.-Präsidenten Ulysses S. Grant in Washington, D.C. gebaut.
Die imposante Reiterstatue des Generals Grants und 18. Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten blickt in Richtung das Lincoln Memorial zu Ehren des damaligen Präsidenten Abraham Lincoln. Der Bau des Memorials begann 1902 und wurde im Jahr 1922 eingeweiht.
An den Seiten befinden sich kämpfende Artillerie– und Kavallerieeinheiten der Unionstruppen. Darüber hinaus befinden sich hier auch vier kleinere Skulpturen mit einem Bronzelöwen. In unmittelbarer Nähe befindet sich noch das Peace Monument und die Garfield Statue.
Grant war für seine Ruhe und Kaltblütigkeit im Krieg bekannt, was das Denkmal des Generals ausstrahlen soll. Im Gegensatz dazu stehen die beiden Denkmäler daneben, die dramatische Szenen des Kriegs zeigen sollen. Ein krasser Gegensatz zu den neueren und bedächtiger gestalteten Memorials, die sich mit dem Thema Krieg befassen.
In Richtung Washington Monument blickt man auf den kleinen Capitol Reflecting Pool und die Parkanlage der National Mall. Rechts und links wird der Park der National Mall von vielen verschiedenen kostenfreien Museen gesäumt.
Ein Mausoleum mit Grants Grab und sterblichen Überresten befindet sich im Riverside Park mit Blick auf den Hudson River in Manhattan /​New York City. Seine Frau Julia Grant befindet sich ebenfalls in der Grabanlage im Presidential Memorial.
Ein wirklich für seine Zeit beeindruckendes Denkmal, das einen Besuch wert ist.