Dead Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

After a life of military and government service, President Grant's last days were marked by financial distress and a bleak cancer diagnosis. His death evoked a monumental national grieving, a moment of unity that belied the failures of Reconstruction. Rediscovering Our Past: Champion Of The Weed Masking Death — U.S. Grant Cottage National Historic Landmark History in the Raw: The death and embalming of U.S. Grant 1885. A Necessary Undertaking — U.S. Grant Cottage National Historic Landmark Funeral of Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. National Park Service) A Short Overview of the Reconstruction Era and Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency (U.S. National Park Service) President Grant Takes on the Ku Klux Klan (U.S. National Park Service) 'The History of Grant Cottage' Video Tour: YouTube Patreon: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum Instagram: @themorbidmuseum Email: themorbidmuseum@gmail.com Artwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod