尤里西斯·辛普森·格兰特(Ulysses Simpson Grant,1822年4月27日-1885年7月23日),美国军事家、陆军上将、第18任美国总统,是美国历史上第一位从西点军校毕业的总统。在美国南北战争后期任联邦军总司令,屡建奇功。在他的带领下,北军取得了南北战争的胜利,他也成了举国爱戴的战争英雄。他的陵墓在曼哈顿区的哈得逊河畔。墓碑上刻有他那句有名的格言:“Let us have peace”虽然格兰特担任过两届总统,但他最让人铭记的是他的军事才能以及为黑人奴隶争取自由和人权所作出的不懈努力。有点可惜的就是能征善战并不等于善于理政,格兰特的平平政绩与他的赫赫战功成为明显对照。他卸任后与妻子周游列国,1878年成为美国第一位到达日本和中国的总统,会见明治天皇,并与当时中国清朝北洋大臣李鸿章一见如故成为至交。格兰特享年63 岁,葬于纽约市,下葬的时候有一百多万人给他送行。格兰特死后美国为了纪念这位历史人物,建造了格兰特将军国家纪念堂。纪念堂地面摆放着他和妻子的石棺。这座建筑有46米高,花费600万美元,于1897年落成。1896年, 73岁高龄的李鸿章访美,格兰特已过世11年。格兰特夫人根据丈夫遗愿,将他的精美手杖赠与李鸿章。李鸿章在格兰特墓旁植树一棵,并立碑纪念,至今树碑犹在。General Grant National MemorialMany believed that General Grant brought the Civil War to an end through his brilliant military leadership of the Union Army. Although Grant became President of the United States in 1868, his memorial honors his military, rather than political service. After the Civil War, the popular general was easily elected president in 1868. Grant presided over Reconstruction and the re-assimilation of the South into the Union during his two-term presidency. Grant's support for the Constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for former slaves would secure lifelong support by the African American community. https://www./gegr/index.htmhttp://www./visit/gegr.html
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