General Grant Comes Home to Georgetown, Ohio, to Take Part in the 23rd Annual Grant Days! Festival

Dr. Ned Lodwick will speak at the Georgetown United Methodist church on Thursday evening, April 25, about “Grant’s Horses”.  Dr. Lodwick starts at 7:30 pm.

Friday evening in the Gaslight Theater, General Grant will speak about his boyhood in Georgetown and its lifelong impact on him.  General Grant speaks at 7:00 pm.  There is a $5 fee for adults.  (This event is a fundraiser for the U. S. Grant Boyhood Home association.)

There will be a History walk of Georgetown led by Dr. Ned Lodwick on Saturday; tours of the Boyhood Home (all day Saturday).  A speaker’s tent is also to be busy with a strong line-up of speakers: Author Lonnie Bret Griffith will talk about his book, “Thomas Hamer-His Lost Letters”, a period magic show with Professor Faris (with his pet magic snake ‘Snako’), a talk on Robert Smalls by Millie Henley; and much more.  Please come and honor the man who won the American Civil War and became the 18th President of the United States!