"For You Julia", The Final Victory

In 1884, General Ulysses S. Grant faced the double crisis of financial loss and terminal throat cancer with the same steely determination he had fought his Civil War campaigns two decades before. His final battle, fought for those he loved, would take him from his New York City townhouse to his New Jersey summer home and end in a small cottage on Mount McGregor in July 1885. This PowerPoint program features illustrated excerpts from Grant historian Melissa Trombley-Prosch's book of the same title, which chronicles the last nineteen months of Grant's life and draws heavily from primary source material in her personal collection. Cookies, baked from vintage recipes, and lemonade will be served following the program. Presented by Melissa Trombley-Prosch.