Rebisso, Louis T. – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:03:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Grant, Ulysses S. https://equestrianstatue.org/grant-ulysses-s-2/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:58:08 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=17311 The oldest Grant equestrian statue, in Chicago, Illinois, was the result of a spontaneous reaction by the population. Within days of Grant’s death in 1885, tens of thousands of people began donating dimes, quarters and dollars to commission a monument in his honour. When the statue was dedicated in 1891, more than 200,000 people attended the Lincoln Park … Continue reading "Grant, Ulysses S."

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