Join Jonathan S. Jones for a virtual talk on Civil War veterans, opiate addiction, and how its legacy connects to today’s opioid …

Join us as author and historian, Louis L. Picone, uncovers how Grant’s curiosity and humility shone, revealing the man behind the myth. In May 1877, Ulysses S. Grant, newly departed from two terms in the White House, embarked on an extraordinary three-year journey that defined a pivotal moment in the Gilded Age. Grant’s odyssey spanned continents and led him to uncharted terrain for an American president. He scaled Mount Vesuvius, sailed the Nile, rode elephants in India, and strolled the streets of Sicily. Louis L. Picone is a best-selling and award-winning author whose works include Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. …