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Julia Dent Grant Bicentennial

Julia Dent Grant’s 200th birthday is being commemorated across the country. The following are messages from living first ladies:

The following are proclamations and other commemorative messages from places where Mrs. Grant lived:

District of Columbia

Watch the ceremony at Grant’s Tomb marking Julia Dent Grant’s 200th birthday here

Watch Julia Dent Grant at 200, a presentation by Frank Scaturro that followed the bicentennial ceremony, here

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