Ulysses S. Grant
2004 / Creator Unknown / Georgetown
This bronze statue of Ulysses S. Grant was dedicated at the Ohio Veterans Home of Georgetown on August 21, 2004 and was obtained through a bequest of John & Dorothy Kueck (John was an employee of the facility). The statue is surrounded by a walkway of memorial bricks dedicated to various veterans.
Grant was born in Point Pleasant, OH and lived in Georgetown as a child. Along with the Native Son statue in the Georgetown Village Square, this work makes Georgetown one of only two cities in the world to have two statues of Grant (the other is Washington, D.C.).
Location: Ohio Veterans Home, 2003 Veterans Blvd
Title
Ulysses S. Grant
Description
This bronze statue of Ulysses S. Grant was dedicated at the Ohio Veterans Home of Georgetown on August 21, 2004 and was obtained through a bequest of John & Dorothy Kueck (John was an employee of the facility). The statue is surrounded by a walkway of memorial bricks dedicated to various veterans.
Grant was born in Point Pleasant, OH and lived in Georgetown as a child. Along with the Native Son statue in the Georgetown Village Square, this work makes Georgetown one of only two cities in the world to have two statues of Grant (the other is Washington, D.C.).
Grant was born in Point Pleasant, OH and lived in Georgetown as a child. Along with the Native Son statue in the Georgetown Village Square, this work makes Georgetown one of only two cities in the world to have two statues of Grant (the other is Washington, D.C.).
Date
2004
Subject
Source
Rombke, C. (2004, August 26). Grant statue dedicated. Ripley Bee, pp. 10.
Rombke, C. (2005, February 24). Southern Ohio Veterans Home still going strong. Ripley Bee, pp. 22.
Publisher
Ohio Outdoor Sculpture
Identifier
2017
Location City
Location County
Location Notes
Statue is installed in front of the veterans facility, to the left as one is facing the main entrance, just off of the circular driveway and parking lots
Provider Qualifier
Commissioned from a bequest of
Provider Entity
John A. & Doroth Kueck
Location Site
Location Street
2003 Veterans Blvd
Location Type
Installation Date
2004
Materials
Inscription
Inscription on plaque on statue base:
"Ulysses S. Grant/Commissioned from a/bequest of/John R. & Dorothy Kueck/Dedicated August 21, 2004"
"Ulysses S. Grant/Commissioned from a/bequest of/John R. & Dorothy Kueck/Dedicated August 21, 2004"
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