GRANT CABIN
By HENRY CLYDE SHETRONE
Removal of the cabin in which General
Ulysses S. Grant was
born to its original site at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, celebrated with
fitting ceremonies on October 4, 1936,
is of two-fold significance.
Not only does it constitute a timely
tribute to another of Ohio's
eminent citizens but, since the cabin as
such has been completely
restored and interiorly refurnished,
mostly with actual Grant
items, it perpetuates a typical historic
pioneer home. Every effort
is being made to the end that the
birthplace of the great soldier-
statesman may appear as it did at the
time of his birth, on April 27,
1822, and during his childhood years.
The program celebrating removal and
restoration of the Grant
cabin, held at Grant Memorial, Point
Pleasant, was most im-
pressive. The feature of the occasion
was an inspiring address by
Hon. C. H. W. Ruhe, Pittsburgh,
commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R., who, although approaching
ninety years of age, displayed
a degree of energy and eloquence seldom
attained at any age.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev. R.
E. Budd, of
Batavia, and the chairman of the
meeting, Judge Hugh L. Nichols,
Batavia, was introduced by Hon. M. G.
Heintz, of Cincinnati.
Other addresses were delivered by
Colonel U. S. Grant, III,
Washington, D. C.; former governor Myers
Y. Cooper; Harold
D. Nichols and John Hayden, senator and
representative re-
spectively in the Ohio Legislature; E.
L. Bowsher, Ohio Depart-
ment of Education; Clifford R. Fox, U.
S. Grant Camp, Sons of
Veterans; Colonel W. C. Myers, Spanish
American War Veterans;
John E. Hendrixson, American Legion;
Milton D. Campbell,
American Legion of Ohio; and Henry C.
Shetrone, Ohio Arch-
aeological and Historical Society. Music
was furnished by the
Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'
Home Band of Xenia. The
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