The document outlines potential topics for panel discussions and video projects related to Ulysses S. Grant's career during the Civil War, his presidency, and aftermath, including battles he was involved in, his surrender of Confederate forces, civil rights legislation passed under his administration, and the architecture of his memorial site. Students are encouraged to incorporate these topics into researched panel presentations and video projects that will be considered for viewing at the Grant memorial site.

1. Topics for Panel Discussions (and Video Projects)
The Civil War: 1861-1865, leading to the 13th
Amendment
• How Grant gets his start in the war.
• Outlines of battles featuring General US
Grant (note the map at the Grant site!)
• Surrender at Appomattox
• How will this translate to your
video project?
Grant the President
March 1869-March 1877
• Civil Rights legislation (15th
amendment, enforcement acts, etc)
• Dealing with the corruption of
Grant’s Cabinet
• How will this translate to your video
project?
After Grant’s Presidency, 1877-1885
• Supreme Court tearing down the
Civil Rights laws, the ride of
segregation with Plessy v
Ferguson decision
• Dealing with the Lost Cause of
the confederacy, protecting the
history of our country’s fight for
civil rights and Grant’s legacy.
• How will this translate to your
video project?
The Architecture and Art at the
Grant Memorial Site
• Basically a digital tour of the site.
Document it, maybe interview
Ranger Don and Ranger Jamie?
• Describe the architecture, the
history of changes at the site,
etc.
• How does the historical image of
Grant relate to his memorial?
• How will this translate to your
video project?
The more professional your research and video, the higher the
likelihood that your video will be on view at the Grant Site.
AMALGAM
TOPIC
Confronting
alternate views
of History
Use all of these
categories to
form the bigger
picture of who
Grant was, and
how he fits into
these alternate
narratives of
history.

2. Monday
1. Civil War
2. Presidency
Tuesday
1. Architecture
2. Post-Presidency
Wed
1. Amalgam
2. Grant-early life (joie)
Friday: March 4th 2016 C.E.
MYAR: Grant’s Ghost

3. Choosing our groups
Your group should be made up of people you are
comfortable working with, and respectfully
disagreeing with.
We have $250 to split amongst these groups. If we have 5 groups, that’s
$50 per group to cover the cost of props, costumes, etc.
Choose the 4-5 people you would like to work
with. Together, you’ll be assembling:
– Academic Research
– Panel Discussions (presentations and Q&A)
– Video Project
Write these names down on a sheet of paper to hand to Kozak tomorrow.
If you would prefer to work alone, that’s fine, please let me know.

4. Grades for this unit….
• Productivity while doing Research
• Outline for Panel Discussion
– Topics
– Sources clearly organized (book, web, interview, etc.)
• Panel Discussion (standard presentation rubric)
– Group Grade: How the group performs on the whole.
– Individual Grade: How you contribute to the panel.
– Audience participation – asking good quaastions
• Video Project
– Group Grade for finalized video quality, (same standards apply)
– Individual Grade: How you contribute to the video making
process.
– Productivity while recording, editing, etc.
• Punctuality and Professionalism

5. General Grant Memorial
Why do you think
so few actually visit
this site?
• Jojo: I think because there’s all these myths
about him that people believe…like the
drunkard idea.
• Ruhith: Historians and the media have added
this false idea of Grant in a negative way.
• Joie: Some folks just don’t know about
him…he’s mentioned for the Civil War…but
he’s not mentioned as some amazing guy.
• Myar: He doesn’t get the same
recognition…because of historical slander.
(libel…not slander.)
• Kenny: he’s only mentioned briefly in a Civil
War sense…
• Kai: He’s dead, and people drag his name in
the dirt, despite the positive things he’s done.

6. General Grant Memorial
Why do you think
so few actually visit
this site?
• Tina: Back in the 1800s Grant was one of
the top three presidents…but most
people today only hear about stereotypes
(butcher, drunk)
• Nyle: There’s not that much fascination,
due to the amount of time that’s passed.
• Zenzi: He’s not spoken about as much as
Washington…we just know him as a
General. Not a president.
• Guzzy: Agree with ZENZI! We don’t really
learn about him. Also, people just wanna
forget about the Civil War Era skipping
forward to the Jim Crow era.
• Jakara: It’s kind of something that you
stumble upon…people aren’t all like “LETS
GO TO THE TOMB!!!
ANTEBELLUM ??

7. General Grant Memorial
VIDEO:
http://www.biography.com/people/ulysses-s-
grant-9318285
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on
Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris,
France
Claim to Fame: Largest
Mausoleum in the USA.
Field trip
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 9th

8. General Grant Memorial
Field trip
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 9th
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

9. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

11. Field trip
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 9th
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.
Allegorical Figures “Victory” and “Peace”
Support the granite block that reads Grant’s own words:
“LET US HAVE PEACE”

12. Contrary to popular belief,
this memorial site was not
funded by the US
government. The Grant
Monument Association
helped to raise 600,000
dollars from private
donations in the 1890s to
realize this site. At this time
in history the most
expensive monument in
America was the Statue of
Liberty, which cost around
200,000.

13. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.
Though the National
Park Service now
maintains the
monument. There’s a
small National Park
Service visitor center
well-hidden across the
southbound lanes of
Riverside Drive and
down a flight of stairs.

14. General Grant Memorial
The Visitor Center…

15. General Grant Memorial
The Visitor Center…

16. General Grant Memorial
The Visitor Center…

17. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

18. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

19. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on
Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in
the USA.

20. General Grant Memorial
Red granite sarcophagi of Ulysses and Julia Grant

21. General Grant Memorial
Similarities with Napoleon’s Tomb?
Tina: The tomb is in the center of the whole structure.
Nyle: the sarcophagi are on large platforms
Zen: The details in the ceiling designs are reminiscent of
greco-roman architecture. (Raph)
RD: People look DOWN at it.

22. General Grant Memorial
Similarities with Napoleon’s Tomb?
Jean: the whole dome is massive and powerful looking
Jojo: Statues that surround napoleon reminiscent of the generals
that surround Grant and Julia
Myar: there’s a lot of empty space surrounding the coffins.
Kevin: Circular design makes the crypt look POWERFUL and
significant, at the center.

23. John H Duncan
John H. Duncan was the chief architect for the General Grant
Memorial. He was born in Binghamton, New York, and worked as an
architect in the New York City area. His best known projects include
Grant's Tomb in Riverside Park, Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arc at
Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, and the Hotel Wolcott.
4 west 31st streetGrand Army Plaza

24. When grant
died…
Joan Waugh
Historian
2011
“When Grant died on July 23, 1885, he was the most famous of all
Americans both at home and abroad. More than a million people
watched his funeral procession in New York City on Aug. 8. The
dedication of his massive tomb in Manhattan on the 75th
anniversary of his birth on April 27, 1897, drew another million
plus. Grant’s Tomb, the largest mausoleum in North America,
remained New York City’s most popular tourist site until 1929.”

25. ALLEGORICAL FIGURES!!
Faschio!

26. Fascio (Fasci, plural)
In the 1800s, the Fascio came to be a
symbol of strength through unity. An
individual stick, while weak on its own can
be strong in numbers, when bound
together. Later on, in the 20th century, this
symbol gets co-opted by individuals who
would call themselves “Fascists.”

27. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

28. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

29. General Grant Memorial
The Grant Memorial has undergone
many small changes since it was first
created. Many of which were done
by the Works Progress
Administration in the 1930s. Two
eagles, carved out of stone, from a
nearby Post Office were installed on
the outside of the site.
The laborers of the WPA worked on
several projects throughout the
1930s, including roof restoration,
electric lighting and heating systems,
and removing the purple stained
glass windows.

30. General Grant Memorial
Civil War Era Flag

31. General Grant Memorial
The WPA was also in charge of the Civil War Battle Murals that were painted
on the walls. Battles which Grant fought in are noted with a double sword
insignia, (a badge rank or an official emblem).
In 1938 the Federal Art Project selected artists William Mues and Jeno Juszko
to design the busts of Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas, McPherson, and
Ord. The WPA installed these five busts in the circular wall of the entombed
atrium surrounding the sarcophagi. Source: Waugh/ Kahn

32. Side
chambers…

33. General Grant Memorial
Pedro Silva?
Some new additions from collaborations with artists and students in the
neighborhood…“The Rolling Bench,” a series of 17 mosaic-covered concrete benches,
was installed around the monument in 1974.

34. WPA mosaics
In the 1960s three “lunettes” that adorn the walls of the Grant
Memorial were also given a reboot. These stood blank for many
years due to a lack of funding, but in the 1960s were designed by
artist Allyn Cox.

35. WPA mosaics
Generals Lee and Grant at Appomattox
mosaic mural in a lunette
Artist: Allyn Cox (1966)

36. A brief tangent
Other representations of this historic moment…

37. A brief tangent
Peace in Union
Illustration by Thomas Nast, 1895

38. A brief tangent
Surrender at Appomattox
Made in 1965 By Tom Lovell

39. A brief tangent
Lee’s Surrender to Grant
Wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud ,1887

40. WPA mosaics
How do these different
versions compare to this
representation of
Appomattox?
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41. WPA mosaics
How do these different
versions compare to this
representation of
Appomattox?
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42. When grant
died…
Joan Waugh
Historian
2011
“Grant’s beautiful memorial sculpture in Washington, D.C., was
dedicated on the 100th anniversary of his birth, in 1922. At the
foot of Capitol Hill facing down the Mall toward the Lincoln
Memorial, the equestrian statue with flanking figures took 20
years to complete and is one of the largest [equestrian statues]
in the world.”

43. General Grant Memorial
Designer: John Duncan
Material: Granite and Marble
Style: Neo-Classical, based on Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris, France
Claim to Fame: Largest Mausoleum in the USA.

44. President Grant’s
Peace Policy for Indians
• “ The proper treatment of the original occupants of this
land—the Indians one deserving of careful study. I will
favor any course toward them which tends to their
civilization and ultimate citizenship.”
-From Grant’s first inaugural address
A counterpoint: President Ulysses S. Grant advances a
“Peace Policy” to remove corrupt Indian agents, who
supervise reservations, and replace them with Christian
missionaries, whom he deems morally superior.

45. General Grant Memorial