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Ulysses S. Grant

Never-Built Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge

December 18, 2022March 21, 2019 by ghostsofdc

This most incredible image shows what the Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge would have liked like today. It would have been where the current Arlington Memorial Bridge is today.

Categories Lost History, The Best Of Tags Ulysses S. Grant

Which President Got a Speeding Ticket on a Horse?

March 28, 2022March 4, 2014 by ghostsofdc

Ulysses Grant was arrested for speeding by William West, an African-American metropolitan policeman. This is a great historical story.

Categories Notable People & Places, The Best Of Tags 1860s, 1870s, Metropolitan Police Department, President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant 1 Comment

History Behind Lion Statues in House of Cards Opening Credits

March 28, 2022February 20, 2014 by ghostsofdc

What are the lions in the House of Cards credits? They’re sitting at the Ulysses Grant Memorial by the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

Categories Notable People & Places, The Best Of Tags 1900s, 1920s, House of Cards, Ulysses S. Grant 6 Comments

A Look Back at Ulysses S. Grant’s 1873 Inauguration: A Print from 1873

November 3, 2021February 3, 2014 by ghostsofdc
1873 Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant

Take a look back at Ulysses S. Grant’s 1873 Inauguration with this amazing print from 1873. See the event from Pennsylvania Ave. with this incredible image from the Library of Congress.

Categories Historical Events Tags 1870s, Inaugurations, Ulysses S. Grant

Exploring the Unbuilt Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge: Two More Images

January 14, 2022December 4, 2013 by ghostsofdc
A 1901 design for the memorial bridge by Edward P. Casey and William H. Burr, accepted by the Secretary of War but never constructed.

Discover two more images of the proposed Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge, a bridge that was never built. Explore the story of this bridge and find out why it was never constructed.

Categories Lost History Tags 1880s, 1900s, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Ulysses S. Grant

The Unbuilt Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge

November 4, 2021June 20, 2013 by ghostsofdc
Bridge ("Memorial Bridge in honor of U.S. Grant"), Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia. Perspective rendering & section

Memorial Bridge in Arlington was supposed to be a bridge built and dedicated to Ulysses Grant in the 1880s. Alas, that didn’t happen.

Categories Notable People & Places Tags 1880s, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Ulysses S. Grant 6 Comments
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