<p>Post Dispatch cartoonist, Dan Martin will mostly focus on two of the eras most celebrated names of the time, Thomas Nast (pro-Grant) and Joseph Keppler (anti-Grant) along with the surprising St. Louis connections of some of their biggest targets.</p>
<p>(This program has been rescheduled from October 4, 2025)</p>

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History Talk: Political Cartoons about Grant

Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. He first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. From 1854 to 1859 the Dents, Grants and an enslaved African-American workforce lived on the property.

View of house with fence. Autumn colored leaves on trees

White Haven in Autumn

view of house from side and back. The house has several additions. Stone summer kitchen on right

White Haven

To the left is the ice house and to right is chicken house.

Outbuildings

Tack Room

Museum Exhibits

Winter at White Haven

View of house from front with budding tree branch in foreground that is also covered in ice.

White Haven in Early Spring

Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site’s hours of operation are 9AM – 5PM, with the last tour of the historic house at 4 pm.

History Talk: Political Cartoons about Grant

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