Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial

Celebrating 200 years since the birth of Ulysses S. Grant

Historic Interpreters

Here are videos of and links to performances by historic interpreters of the Grants.

A special performance by Peter Grady for the benefit of Marshalltown Community Theater in Iowa. Mr Grady has combined entertainment and education to stage this “based-on” factual account of Ulysses S Grant in the final chapter of the former president’s life.

 
Featuring Dr. Curt Fields as Ulysses S. Grant, this video from the Dover Hotel (“Surrender House”) in Tennessee tells the story of the Battle of Fort Donelson in 1861. Learn more about Dr. Fields at https://generalgrantbyhimself.com/.

 
Larry Clowers as General Ulysses S. Grant at the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox Grand Opening, March 31, 2012. Re-enactment of the surrender with David Palmer as Gen. Robert E. Lee.

 

Edward Headington is a Grant interpreter from California with a number of short videos on social media, available from his website: http://www.MeetGrant.com.

The Association of Lincoln Presenters lists some of the Grant interpreters above along with interpreters of other historical figures from the Civil War era and beyond.