Monmouth County - Oakhurst - Winter Speaker Event - "The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy"
Winter Speaker Event - "The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy" This is a joint event with the Long Branch Historical Association Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 7:15 pm Township of Ocean Board of Education (Old Oakhurst School), Auditorium, 163 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, NJ 07755 A new take on the Grant presidency, 7:15, Wednesday, April 17 Next up in the Speaker Series: Assessing Grant’s Presidency At 7:15, Wednesday, April 17, in the auditorium of the School Board Offices, 163 Monmouth Road, Dr. Paul Kahan, a leading expert on 19th century American history, shares insights from his latest book, The Presidency of Ulysees S Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Legacy. Historians have long portrayed Grant as a flawed, if not failed, President. His two terms were are notorious for their corruption and scandal. Grant himself admitted in his final address to Congress, ”Mistakes have been made... But they were failures of judgment, not of intent.” Kahan...