Crown Heights in Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ulysses S. Grant
Presented
to the city
by the
Union League Club
of
Brooklyn
April 27th 1896
Erected 1896 by The Union League Club of Brooklyn; William Ordway Partridge, sculptor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 40° 40.603′ N, 73° 57.166′ W. Memorial is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Crown Heights. It is on Grant Square south of Dean Street, in the median. The memorial stands on the grounds of Grant Gore. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1354 Grant Square, Brooklyn NY 11216, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: World War I Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ethel Waters (approx. 0.3 miles
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Also see . . . Ulysses S. Grant, Grant Gore. This NYC Parks profile for the statue shares the following historical information:
This large bronze equestrian statue by William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930) depicts Civil War General and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Though Grants reputation was tarnished after serving as President amidst one of the most corrupt administrations in the nations history, he is revered for his decisive action in bringing about the end of the Civil War. Born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, Grant distinguished himself as a frontier soldier and commanding officer in Missouri after the Civil War erupted in 1861. Selected by President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) in 1864 to(Submitted on August 13, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)succeed a series of failed Union generals, Grant deftly orchestrated the removal of Confederate General Robert E. Lees (18071870) forces from Union soil and forced their surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. After serving two terms as U.S. President (1868-76), Grant retired to New York City in 1884 and lived at 3 East 66th Street until his death in 1885. The sculpture of Grant was commissioned by the Union Club of Brooklyn and unveiled on April 27, 1896, the 74th anniversary of his birth. Partridge depicts a determined Grant in his military outfit, including his signature wide-brimmed hat. The work is one of the first large-scale bronzes cast in the United States. Well known in his day, Partridge also sculpted statues of New York Governor Samuel Tilden on Riverside Drive, American Revolutionary Alexander Hamilton in Washington Heights, and a Pieta in the south ambulatory of Manhattans St. Patricks Cathedral. The monument was conserved by the City in 1991. Grant is also depicted in relief on the eastern pier of Brooklyns Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, and is interred in Grants Tomb, located inRiverside Park at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive.
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Since the statue was unveiled in 1896, the city referenced on the dedication is the City of Brooklyn, which was consolidated into the City of New York in 1898.
— Submitted August 13, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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