“I think he is among the most important people in the history of the United States of America, because if he had not won the war for Lincoln, Lincoln would not have been reelected to a second term," McDonald said. Grant signed into the law the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the last federal civil rights law enacted until 1957. "You don't think about Grant being a natural part of Black History Month, but he really is," McDonald said, pointing out that President Barack Obama had a portrait of Grant in his private study in the White House. He died of throat cancer in 1885.ĭoug McDonald, retired CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, said it was important that the celebration begin in February. He was the commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War and served as the U.S.'s 18th president from 1869 to 1877. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. The celebration is a collaboration between six state and local history organizations, including the Cincinnati Museum Center and Ohio History Connection. The bicentennial celebration will kick off with a program examining Grant's legacy at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Thursday evening. Clermont County's own President Ulysses S.
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