This site is run by Erik and Lindsay Curren, American history buffs who run a marketing agency in Staunton, VA.
Erik is a book author who is currently working on a fact-based but short and readable biography of Ulysses S. Grant, with special emphasis on his role as a champion of civil rights. Erik is a member of the Grant Monument Association and the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Lindsay is a writer who also runs a business selling fabric and textiles, many featuring historic designs including looks from the Civil War era. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
We’re both into living history and historic costuming, and we are now developing living history interpretations of Ulysses and Julia Dent Grant. Photos below!
As Lt. General (1864-1866) with Julia Dent Grant
General and Mrs. Grant visit the reenactment camp at the Robert Fulton Birthplace in Lancaster County, PA in September 2021.
General Grant with artillery piece 
General Grant surveying the camp 
General Grant sends his compliments 
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant 
General and Mrs. Grant in camp 
General and Mrs. Grant in the style of Matthew Brady
As General of the Army (1866-1869)
My first cigar in years. A 19th-century style with a green wrapper. Smooth! 
In front of the McLean House in Appomattox Court House, VA where General Lee surrendered to Grant. 
In the parlor of the McLean House where the surrender took place.
Not associated with any official group running a bicentennial celebration of Ulysses S. Grant, this site is our homage to one of the greatest and yet most misunderstood leaders in American history.
We hope to do our part to support the efforts of historic sites, presidential archives, and Grant interpreters to make better known the life, accomplishments, and significance of President Grant and his wife Julia Dent Grant.