U._NP1 S._NP1 Grant_NP1 sprang_VVD from_II humble_JJ ,_, commonplace_JJ origins_NN2 on_II the_AT Ohio_NP1 frontier_NN1 ._. 
Huge_JJ statues_NN2 and_CC monuments_NN2 in_II eastern_JJ and_CC midwestern_JJ cities_NN2 and_CC scattered_JJ national_JJ military_JJ parks_NN2 in_II Tennessee_NP1 ,_, Mississippi_NP1 ,_, and_CC Virginia_NP1 ,_, most_RGT famously_RR memorialize_VV0 him_PPHO1 ,_, but_CCB serious_JJ students_NN2 of_IO the_AT man_NN1 should_VM visit_VVI the_AT obscure_JJ Ohio_NP1 hamlets_NN2 where_RRQ he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ born_VVN ,_, reared_VVD ,_, and_CC educated_VVN in_II modest_JJ circumstances_NN2 ._. 
The_AT intrepid_JJ tourist_NN1 visiting_JJ Point_NN1 Pleasant_JJ can_VM view_VVI Grant_NP1 's_GE birthplace_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 twenty-square-foot_JJ wood_NN1 structure_NN1 ._. 
After_CS his_APPGE death_NN1 ,_, the_AT house_NN1 went_VVD "_" on_II tour_NN1 "_" throughout_II the_AT country_NN1 before_II returning_VVG to_II its_APPGE original_JJ location_NN1 ._. 
Grant_NP1 's_GE boyhood_NN1 home_RL in_II Georgetown_NP1 is_VBZ also_RR preserved_VVN ,_, as_CSA is_VBZ his_APPGE father_NN1 's_GE tannery_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT two_MC schoolhouses_NN2 he_PPHS1 attended_VVD ._. 
Grant_NP1 's_GE memoirs_NN2 highlight_VV0 with_IW pride_NN1 his_APPGE plain_JJ western_JJ "_" ordinariness_NN1 ,_, "_" a_AT1 trait_NN1 that_CST cemented_VVD a_AT1 bond_NN1 between_II himself_PPX1 and_CC so_RG many_DA2 soldiers_NN2 and_CC citizens_NN2 during_II his_APPGE long_JJ public_JJ life_NN1 ._. 
Countless_JJ contemporaries_NN2 noted_VVD this_DD1 characteristic_NN1 of_IO ordinariness_NN1 ,_, expressing_VVG it_PPH1 differently_RR ._. 
A_ZZ1 Herman_NP1 Melville_NP1 poem_NN1 described_VVD Grant_NP1 as_II "_" a_AT1 quiet_JJ Man_NN1 ,_, and_CC plain_NN1 in_II garb_NN1 ,_, "_" while_CS Walt_NP1 Whitman_NP1 's_GE Grant_NP1 was_VBDZ "_" nothing_PN1 heroic_JJ ..._... and_CC yet_RR the_AT greatest_JJT hero_NN1 ,_, "_" and_CC Mark_NP1 Twain_NN1 summed_VVD him_PPHO1 up_RP as_CSA "_" the_AT simple_JJ soldier_NN1 ._. "_" 
For_IF Union_NN1 officer_NN1 Theodore_NP1 Lyman_NP1 ,_, the_AT essential_JJ Grant_NN1 "_" is_VBZ the_AT concentration_NN1 of_IO all_DB that_DD1 is_VBZ American_JJ ._. "_" 
The_AT above_JJ descriptions_NN2 flattered_VVD the_AT Union_NN1 hero_NN1 ,_, but_CCB they_PPHS2 also_RR contained_VVN a_AT1 hard_JJ kernel_NN1 of_IO truth_NN1 ._. 
Here_RL ,_, reality_NN1 mirrored_VVD well-publicized_JJ myths_NN2 spread_VVN by_II the_AT earliest_JJT biographies_NN2 but_CCB also_RR vetted_VVD by_II later_JJR scholars_NN2 ._. 
Grant_NP1 's_GE family_NN1 story_NN1 echoed_VVD the_AT experiences_NN2 of_IO a_AT1 majority_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE countrymen_NN2 and_CC --_JJ women_NN2 who_PNQS ,_, like_II himself_PPX1 ,_, grew_VVD up_RP in_II rural_JJ small_JJ towns_NN2 or_CC on_II farms_NN2 in_II the_AT early_JJ national_JJ period_NN1 of_IO the_AT nineteenth_MD century_NNT1 ._. 
His_APPGE experiences_NN2 soon_RR diverged_VVD from_II that_DD1 majority_NN1 when_CS he_PPHS1 le_FW the_AT Buckeye_NN1 State_NN1 and_CC entered_VVD the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 Military_JJ Academy_NN1 in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 in_II 1839_MC ._. 
From_II that_DD1 time_NNT1 ,_, Grant_NP1 gained_VVD an_AT1 elite_JJ national_JJ perspective_NN1 framed_VVN by_II his_APPGE military_JJ education_NN1 at_II West_NP1 Point_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE coming_NN1 of_IO age_NN1 as_II a_AT1 soldier_NN1 in_II the_AT Mexican_JJ War_NN1 ._. 
Along_II the_AT way_NN1 ,_, the_AT shy_JJ youth_NN1 from_II Ohio_NP1 acquired_VVD strengths_NN2 and_CC developed_JJ talents_NN2 that_CST overcame_VVD his_APPGE weaknesses_NN2 of_IO character_NN1 and_CC life_NN1 challenges_NN2 ,_, setting_VVG the_AT stage_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE accomplishments_NN2 ._. 
Grant_NP1 's_GE early_JJ failures_NN2 perplexed_VVN many_DA2 ,_, and_CC some_DD prefer_VV0 to_TO ignore_VVI or_CC disparage_VVI his_APPGE first_MD forty_MC years_NNT2 ,_, adding_VVG mystery_NN1 to_II his_APPGE myth_NN1 ._. 
T._NP1 Harry_NP1 Williams_NP1 began_VVD an_AT1 essay_NN1 ,_, "_" Grant_NP1 's_GE life_NN1 is_VBZ ,_, in_II some_DD ways_NN2 ,_, the_AT most_RGT remarkable_JJ one_PN1 in_II American_JJ history_NN1 ._. 
ere_RL is_VBZ no_AT other_JJ like_II it_PPH1 ._. "_" 
Williams_NP1 added_VVD next_MD ,_, "_" His_APPGE career_NN1 ,_, before_CS the_AT war_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 complete_JJ failure_NN1 ._. "_" 
Always_RR ,_, Grant_NP1 retained_VVD his_APPGE commonplace_JJ demeanor_NN1 ,_, puzzling_VVG even_RR his_APPGE closest_JJT friends_NN2 who_PNQS sought_VVD to_TO understand_VVI his_APPGE particular_JJ great_JJ genius_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE great_JJ friend_NN1 and_CC comrade_NN1 William_NP1 T._NP1 Sherman_NP1 said_VVD ,_, "_" Grant_NP1 's_GE whole_JJ character_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 mystery_NN1 ,_, even_RR to_II himself_PPX1 ._. "_" 
Historian_NN1 Bruce_NP1 Catton_NP1 remarked_VVD ,_, "_" He_PPHS1 looked_VVD so_RG much_DA1 like_II a_AT1 completely_RR ordinary_JJ man_NN1 ,_, and_CC what_DDQ he_PPHS1 did_VDD was_VBDZ so_RG definitely_RR out_II21 of_II22 the_AT ordinary_JJ ,_, that_CST it_PPH1 seemed_VVD that_CST as_CS21 if_CS22 he_PPHS1 must_VM have_VHI profound_JJ depths_NN2 that_CST were_VBDR never_RR visible_JJ from_II the_AT surface_NN1 ._. "_" 
Is_VBZ Grant_NP1 really_RR so_RG much_DA1 of_IO a_AT1 mystery_NN1 ?_? 
Surely_RR ,_, a_AT1 glimmer_NN1 of_IO the_AT "_" depths_NN2 "_" of_IO Grant_NP1 's_GE personality_NN1 can_VM be_VBI discerned_VVN through_II an_AT1 examination_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE youthful_JJ influences_NN2 and_CC ,_, just_RR as_RG surely_RR ,_, provide_VV0 the_AT key_NN1 to_II his_APPGE later_JJR fame_NN1 ._. 
Origins_NN2 Grant_NP1 stated_VVD ,_, "_" My_APPGE family_NN1 is_VBZ American_JJ ,_, and_CC has_VHZ been_VBN for_IF generations_NN2 ,_, in_II all_DB its_APPGE branches_NN2 ,_, direct_JJ and_CC collateral_NN1 ._. "_" 
Matthew_NP1 Grant_NP1 ,_, his_APPGE earliest_JJT ancestor_NN1 ,_, came_VVD to_II Massachusetts_NP1 in_II 1630_MC ;_; direct_JJ descendants_NN2 went_VVD to_II Connecticut_NP1 ,_, then_RT to_II Pennsylvania_NP1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE immediate_JJ forebears_NN2 ended_VVD up_RP in_II the_AT Western_JJ Reserve_NN1 ._. 
The_AT ability_NN1 and_CC desire_NN1 to_TO pack_VVI up_RP and_CC move_VVI somewhere_RL else_RR when_CS failure_NN1 struck_VVN or_CC ambition_NN1 beckoned_VVD was_VBDZ part_NN1 and_CC parcel_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ ordinary_JJ white_JJ Americans_NN2 considered_VVD their_APPGE right_NN1 ._. 
So_RR too_RR was_VBDZ the_AT expectation_NN1 and_CC hope_VV0 that_CST one_MC1 of_IO those_DD2 moves_NN2 would_VM result_VVI in_II an_AT1 improvement_NN1 from_II their_APPGE previous_JJ lives_NN2 ._. 
Many_DA2 failed_JJ ;_; but_CCB many_DA2 succeeded_VVD ._. 
Character_NN1 traits_NN2 such_II21 as_II22 self-reliance_NN1 ,_, self-control_NN1 ,_, and_CC thriftiness_NN1 became_VVD associated_VVN with_IW doing_VDG well_RR in_II the_AT country_NN1 's_GE burgeoning_JJ commercial_JJ economy_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 time_NNT1 that_CST afforded_VVD opportunities_NN2 for_IF poor_JJ ,_, propertyless_JJ men_NN2 to_TO improve_VVI their_APPGE condition_NN1 ._. 
Jesse_NP1 Root_NN1 Grant_NP1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 shining_JJ example_NN1 of_IO such_DA men_NN2 .._... 
In_II the_AT year_NNT1 of_IO his_APPGE son_NN1 's_GE birth_NN1 ,_, 1822_MC ,_, Jesse_NP1 was_VBDZ already_RR known_VVN as_II an_AT1 ambitious_JJ and_CC hard-working_JJ young_JJ man_NN1 on_II the_AT rough-hewn_JJ Ohio_NP1 frontier_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE own_DA father_NN1 ,_, Noah_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 captain_NN1 in_II the_AT Revolutionary_JJ War_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ neither_RR ambitious_JJ nor_CC hard_RR working_VVG ._. 
Instead_RR he_PPHS1 had_VHD a_AT1 reputation_NN1 for_IF drifting_VVG and_CC drinking_NN1 ._. 
Noah_NP1 le_FW Connecticut_NP1 ,_, tried_VVD his_APPGE luck_NN1 in_II Pennsylvania_NP1 ,_, and_CC ended_VVD up_RP in_II 1799_MC living_JJ in_II Deer_NN field_NN1 ,_, Ohio_NP1 ,_, with_IW his_APPGE second_MD wife_NN1 ,_, Rachel_NP1 ,_, and_CC their_APPGE seven_MC children_NN2 ._. 
Rachel_NP1 's_GE sudden_JJ death_NN1 in_II 1805_MC broke_VVD up_RP the_AT family_NN1 and_CC eleven-year-old_NN1 Jesse_NP1 was_VBDZ alone_JJ in_II the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
Local_JJ families_NN2 hired_VVD him_PPHO1 to_TO do_VDI chores_NN2 and_CC provided_VVD him_PPHO1 with_IW room_NN1 and_CC board_NN1 ._. 
Then_RT ,_, Judge_NP1 George_NP1 Tod_NP1 of_IO the_AT Ohio_NP1 Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 took_VVD pity_NN1 on_II the_AT loquacious_JJ teenager_NN1 and_CC included_VVD him_PPHO1 in_II their_APPGE family_NN1 circle_NN1 ._. 
From_II the_AT Tods_NP2 ,_, a_AT1 grateful_JJ Jesse_NP1 received_VVD security_NN1 ,_, warmth_NN1 ,_, and_CC encouragement_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE future_NN1 ._. 
By_II sixteen_MC ,_, Jesse_NP1 had_VHD determined_VVN that_CST the_AT fastest_JJT route_NN1 to_II independence_NN1 was_VBDZ to_TO master_VVI a_AT1 trade_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 chose_VVD wisely_RR ._. 
He_PPHS1 would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 tanner_NN1 ,_, someone_PN1 who_PNQS made_VVD leather_NN1 from_II rawhides_NN2 ._. 
A_AT1 good_JJ living_NN1 could_VM be_VBI gained_VVN selling_VVG leather_NN1 ,_, providing_VVG a_AT1 growing_JJ population_NN1 with_IW shoes_NN2 and_CC saddles_NN2 and_CC other_JJ desirable_JJ products_NN2 ._. 
More_RGR serious_JJ than_CSN the_AT divide_NN1 between_II the_AT Stalwarts_NN2 and_CC Half-breeds_NN2 was_VBDZ the_AT emergence_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 disaffected_JJ wing_NN1 within_II the_AT Republican_NN1 Party_NN1 contesting_VVG Grant_NP1 's_GE nomination_NN1 in_II 1872_MC ._. 
Sumner_NP1 and_CC Schurz_NP1 led_VVD the_AT Liberal_JJ Republicans_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS demanded_VVD tariff_NN1 and_CC civil_JJ service_NN1 reform_NN1 (_( ending_VVG the_AT spoils_NN2 system_NN1 and_CC installing_VVG a_AT1 merit-based_JJ system_NN1 for_IF most_DAT government_NN1 positions_NN2 based_VVN on_II competitive_JJ examinations_NN2 )_) ,_, and_CC a_AT1 "_" New_JJ Departure_NN1 "_" in_II Reconstruction_NN1 policy_NN1 ._. 
Grant_NP1 stole_VVD some_DD of_IO their_APPGE thunder_NN1 when_CS he_PPHS1 approved_VVD civil_JJ service_NN1 reforms_NN2 ,_, sought_VVD tariff_NN1 reductions_NN2 ,_, and_CC supported_VVD the_AT sound-money_JJ platform_NN1 ._. 
Liberal_JJ Republicans_NN2 scoffed_VVD at_II his_APPGE gestures_NN2 and_CC broke_VVD decisively_RR with_IW the_AT president_NN1 ._. 
In_II a_AT1 letter_NN1 to_II Senator_NNB Henry_NP1 Wilson_NP1 of_IO Massachusetts_NP1 ,_, nominated_VVD to_TO replace_VVI Colfax_NN1 as_CSA vice_JJ president_NN1 ,_, Grant_NP1 expressed_VVD his_APPGE utter_JJ contempt_NN1 for_IF Liberal_JJ Republicans_NN2 ,_, particularly_RR Sumner_NP1 :_: "_" they_PPHS2 have_VH0 all_RR attacked_VVN me_PPIO1 without_IW mercy_NN1 ...._... 
Mr._NNB Sumner_NP1 has_VHZ been_VBN unreasonable_JJ ,_, cowardly_JJ ,_, slanderous_JJ ,_, unblushing_JJ false_JJ ...._... 
I_PPIS1 feel_VV0 a_AT1 greater_JJR contempt_NN1 for_IF him_PPHO1 than_CSN for_IF any_DD other_JJ man_NN1 in_II the_AT Senate_NN1 ._. "_" 
Unable_JK to_TO win_VVI regular_JJ Republicans_NN2 over_RP to_II their_APPGE side_NN1 ,_, the_AT Liberals_NN2 formed_VVD an_AT1 independent_JJ movement_NN1 attracting_VVG the_AT disaffected_JJ from_II both_DB2 major_JJ parties_NN2 ._. 
Appealing_VVG to_II Democrats_NN2 ,_, reformers_NN2 declared_VVD themselves_PPX2 in_II31 favor_II32 of_II33 white_JJ southern_JJ "_" home_NN1 rule_NN1 "_" with_IW a_AT1 restoration_NN1 of_IO all_DB citizenship_NN1 rights_NN2 to_II ex-Confederates_NN2 ,_, in_II essence_NN1 calling_VVG for_IF an_AT1 end_NN1 to_II "_" bayonet_NN1 rule_NN1 ._. "_" 
Fiery_JJ orator_NN1 Anna_NP1 E._NP1 Dickinson_NP1 broke_VVD with_IW the_AT Republicans_NN2 when_RRQ she_PPHS1 called_VVD for_IF the_AT defeat_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 president_NN1 who_PNQS had_VHD a_AT1 "_" greater_JJR fondness_NN1 for_IF the_AT smoke_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 cigar_NN1 and_CC the_AT aroma_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 wine_NN1 glass_NN1 "_" than_CSN for_IF running_VVG the_AT country_NN1 ._. 
Articulating_VVG the_AT platform_NN1 of_IO the_AT Liberals_NN2 ,_, Dickinson_NP1 demanded_VVD the_AT end_NN1 of_IO "_" special_JJ legislation_NN1 "_" for_IF blacks_NN2 and_CC asked_VVD for_IF "_" the_AT democratic_JJ process_NN1 to_TO work_VVI its_APPGE magic_NN1 in_II the_AT South_ND1 ._. "_" 
In_II31 return_II32 for_II33 this_DD1 "_" New_JJ Departure_NN1 ,_, "_" southern_JJ Democrats_NN2 ,_, local_JJ power_NN1 ,_, would_VM pledge_VVI to_TO uphold_VVI freed_JJ people_NN 's_GE rights_NN2 ._. 
The_AT Liberal_JJ Republicans_NN2 nominated_VVD New_NP1 York_NP1 Tribune_NN1 owner_NN1 and_CC editor_NN1 Horace_NP1 Greeley_NP1 as_CSA their_APPGE candidate_NN1 ._. 
Selection_NN1 of_IO the_AT eccentric_JJ Greeley_NP1 ,_, ill_JJ and_CC grieving_JJ from_II the_AT sudden_JJ death_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, spelled_VVD certain_JJ defeat_NN1 ,_, even_RR with_IW the_AT endorsement_NN1 of_IO the_AT Democratic_JJ convention_NN1 ._. 
"_" Sheer_JJ insanity_NN1 ,_, "_" snorted_VVD a_AT1 prominent_JJ editor_NN1 ._. 
Grant_NP1 had_VHD an_AT1 equally_RR trenchant_JJ comment_NN1 about_II Greeley_NP1 :_: "_" He_PPHS1 is_VBZ a_AT1 genius_NN1 without_IW common_JJ sense_NN1 ._. "_" 
Thus_RR ,_, Deeds_NN2 's_GE ordinary_JJ American_JJ goodness_NN1 eventually_RR triumphs_VVZ over_II corruption_NN1 and_CC the_AT greed_NN1 of_IO selfish_JJ fat_JJ cats_NN2 ._. 
Early_RR in_II the_AT lm_NNU ,_, Capra_NP1 and_CC screen-writer_JJ Robert_NP1 Riskin_NP1 established_VVD Deeds_NN2 's_GE genuine_JJ ,_, humble_JJ patriotism_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC by_II association_NN1 ,_, that_DD1 of_IO the_AT average_JJ person_NN1 --_NN1 when_CS Longfellow_NP1 ,_, asked_VVD which_DDQ ,_, among_II all_DB of_IO the_AT amazing_JJ sights_NN2 in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 City_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 would_VM like_VVI to_TO visit_VVI the_AT most_RRT ,_, answers_NN2 ,_, "_" Grant_NP1 's_GE Tomb_NN1 ._. "_" 
On_II a_AT1 beautiful_JJ moonlit_JJ night_NNT1 ,_, Deeds_NN2 and_CC his_APPGE accomplice_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 sophisticated_JJ ,_, cynical_JJ newspaper_NN1 reporter_NN1 ,_, Louise_NP1 "_" Babe_NN1 "_" Bennett_NP1 ,_, played_VVN by_II Jean_NP1 Arthur_NP1 ,_, jump_VV0 into_II a_AT1 taxi_NN1 ,_, asking_VVG the_AT driver_NN1 to_TO take_VVI them_PPHO2 to_II "_" the_AT tomb_NN1 ._. "_" 
Unlike_JJ today_RT ,_, cabbies_NN2 needed_VVD no_AT address_NN1 ,_, maps_NN2 ,_, or_CC lengthy_JJ explanations_NN2 ._. 
Walking_VVG up_II21 to_II22 the_AT monument_NN1 ,_, the_AT reporter_NN1 takes_VVZ Deeds_NN2 's_GE awestruck_NN1 silence_NN1 for_IF disappointment_NN1 ._. 
Babe_NN1 tells_VVZ him_PPHO1 not_XX to_TO worry_VVI about_II it_PPH1 ,_, because_CS most_DAT people_NN feel_VV0 that_DD1 way_NN1 ._. 
Deeds_NN2 expresses_VVZ surprise_NN1 and_CC says_VVZ that_CST he_PPHS1 guesses_VVZ it_PPH1 depends_VVZ on_II how_RRQ you_PPY see_VV0 it_PPH1 ._. 
"_" What_DDQ do_VD0 you_PPY see_VVI ?_? "_" 
Babe_NN1 asks_VVZ ._. 
Longfellow_NN1 responds_VVZ ,_, while_CS looking_VVG at_II the_AT tomb_NN1 :_: "_" I_PPIS1 see_VV0 a_AT1 small_JJ Ohio_NP1 farm_NN1 boy_NN1 becoming_VVG a_AT1 great_JJ soldier_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 see_VV0 thousands_NNO2 of_IO marching_JJ men_NN2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 see_VV0 General_NNB Lee_NP1 with_IW a_AT1 broken_JJ heart_NN1 ,_, surrendering_VVG ,_, and_CC I_PPIS1 can_VM see_VVI the_AT beginning_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 new_JJ nation_NN1 ,_, like_II Abraham_NP1 Lincoln_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
And_CC I_PPIS1 can_VM see_VVI that_CST Ohio_NP1 boy_NN1 being_VBG inaugurated_VVN as_CSA President_NN1 ._. 
Things_NN2 like_II that_DD1 can_VM only_RR happen_VVI in_II a_AT1 country_NN1 like_II America_NP1 ._. "_" 
e_ZZ1 dialogue_NN1 suggested_VVD both_RR the_AT lingering_JJ impression_NN1 of_IO Grant_NP1 ,_, and_CC ,_, in_II Bennett_NP1 's_GE sarcastic_JJ remarks_NN2 ,_, his_APPGE legacy_NN1 's_GE descent_NN1 ._. 
Alongside_II the_AT tomb_NN1 's_GE reputation_NN1 as_II an_AT1 eyesore_NN1 ,_, rather_II21 than_II22 a_AT1 meaningful_JJ memorial_NN1 ,_, on_II Manhattan_NP1 's_GE landscape_NN1 ,_, Grant_NP1 's_GE legacy_NN1 seemed_VVD like_II a_AT1 blot_NN1 on_II American_JJ historical_JJ memory_NN1 ._. 
Grant_NP1 's_GE legacy_NN1 rose_NN1 and_CC fell_VVD ,_, and_CC rose_VVD again_RT in_II the_AT succeeding_JJ years_NNT2 ,_, never_RR again_RT approaching_VVG its_APPGE previous_JJ heights_NN2 ._. 
is_VBZ was_VBDZ partly_RR because_II21 of_II22 the_AT Lost_JJ Cause_NN1 's_GE powerful_JJ sway_NN1 and_CC partly_RR because_CS the_AT military_JJ hero_NN1 and_CC what_DDQ he_PPHS1 stood_VVD for_IF --_NN1 the_AT Union_NN1 Cause_NN1 --_NN1 has_VHZ gone_VVN out_II21 of_II22 fashion_NN1 ,_, or_CC is_VBZ irrelevant_JJ to_II most_DAT Americans_NN2 ._. 
As_CSA should_VM be_VBI clear_JJ ,_, Ulysses_NP1 S._NP1 Grant_NP1 never_RR will_VM be_VBI entirely_RR erased_VVN from_II historical_JJ memory_NN1 or_CC academic_JJ examination_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 's_VBZ just_RR too_RG important_JJ for_IF that_DD1 to_TO happen_VVI ._. 
Whenever_RRQV there_EX is_VBZ an_AT1 anniversary_NN1 or_CC a_AT1 resurgence_NN1 of_IO interest_NN1 in_II the_AT Civil_JJ War_NN1 for_IF whatever_DDQV reason_NN1 Grant_NP1 's_GE life_NN1 and_CC career_NN1 are_VBR revisited_VVN ,_, as_CSA they_PPHS2 were_VBDR during_II World_NN1 War_NN1 II_MC ,_, the_AT Civil_JJ War_NN1 Centennial_NP1 ,_, and_CC the_AT civil_JJ rights_NN2 movement_NN1 ,_, or_CC when_RRQ Ken_NP1 Burns_NP1 's_GE Civil_JJ War_NN1 series_NN was_VBDZ shown_VVN on_II public_JJ television_NN1 in_II the_AT early_JJ 1990s_MC2 ._. 
Recently_RR ,_, Grant_NP1 's_GE reputation_NN1 has_VHZ entered_VVN another_DD1 upswing_NN1 ,_, with_IW three_MC major_JJ biographies_NN2 (_( as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 numerous_JJ smaller_JJR studies_NN2 )_) ,_, publication_NN1 of_IO the_AT final_JJ volumes_NN2 of_IO the_AT Papers_NN2 of_IO U._NP1 S._NP1 Grant_NP1 ,_, novels_NN2 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 superb_JJ PBS_NP1 documentary_NN1 (_( 2002_MC )_) in_II the_AT American_JJ Experience_NN1 series_NN ._. 
The_AT renovation_NN1 of_IO Grant_NP1 's_GE Tomb_NN1 in_II 1997_MC once_RR21 again_RR22 made_VVD it_PPH1 an_AT1 attractive_JJ ,_, safe_JJ place_NN1 to_TO visit_VVI ,_, featuring_VVG interesting_JJ historical_JJ exhibits_NN2 and_CC an_AT1 annual_JJ program_NN1 marking_VVG his_APPGE birthday_NN1 ._. 
Part_NN1 of_IO Grant_NP1 's_GE modern_JJ resurgence_NN1 may_VM be_VBI attributable_JJ to_II the_AT obliteration_NN1 of_IO Lost_JJ Cause_NN1 tendencies_NN2 in_II academic_JJ monographs_NN2 and_CC textbooks_NN2 ,_, beginning_VVG in_II the_AT late_JJ 1960s_MC2 and_CC reaching_VVG a_AT1 crescendo_NN1 in_II the_AT 1990s_MC2 ._. 
His_APPGE reputation_NN1 in_II popular_JJ culture_NN1 ,_, however_RR ,_, remains_VVZ mired_JJ in_II the_AT "_" drunken_JJ butcher_NN1 "_" and_CC "_" worst_JJT president_NN1 "_" mode_NN1 ._. 
The_AT looming_JJ Civil_JJ War_NN1 Sesquicentennial_NP1 (_( 2011_MC -_- 15_MC )_) may_VM ,_, for_IF the_AT new_JJ century_NNT1 ,_, recast_NN1 (_( once_RR21 again_RR22 )_) interpretations_NN2 of_IO the_AT war_NN1 ,_, and_CC of_IO its_APPGE major_JJ figures_NN2 ._. 
Perhaps_RR now_RT is_VBZ the_AT time_NNT1 for_IF a_AT1 new_JJ kind_NN1 of_IO tourist_NN1 to_II the_AT tomb_NN1 (_( as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 other_JJ Grant_NN1 sites_NN2 )_) ,_, one_PN1 more_RGR appreciative_JJ and_CC knowledgeable_JJ ._. 
Never_RR again_RT will_VV0 most_DAT citizens_NN2 feel_VVI an_AT1 uncomplicated_JJ pride_NN1 in_II Grant_NP1 's_GE achievements_NN2 ,_, or_CC in_II what_DDQ America_NP1 has_VHZ become_VVN since_CS Appomattox_NP1 ,_, but_CCB there_EX should_VM be_VBI a_AT1 realization_NN1 that_CST Grant_NP1 's_GE goal_NN1 of_IO national_JJ reconciliation_NN1 --_NN1 as_CSA general_JJ and_CC as_CSA president_NN1 --_NN1 included_VVD principles_NN2 that_CST are_VBR vitally_RR important_JJ today_RT :_: justice_NN1 and_CC equality_NN1 for_IF all_DB ._. 
Ulysses_NP1 S._NP1 Grant_NP1 became_VVD the_AT embodiment_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ nation_NN1 in_II the_AT decades_NNT2 after_II the_AT Civil_JJ War_NN1 ._. 
No_AT living_JJ person_NN1 in_II the_AT postwar_JJ era_NN1 symbolized_VVD both_RR the_AT hopes_NN2 and_CC the_AT lost_JJ dreams_NN2 of_IO the_AT war_NN1 more_RGR fully_RR than_CSN Grant_NP1 ._. 
No_AT living_JJ person_NN1 in_II the_AT postwar_JJ era_NN1 more_RGR clearly_RR articulated_VVN for_IF posterity_NN1 a_AT1 powerful_JJ truth_NN1 about_II the_AT Civil_JJ War_NN1 when_CS he_PPHS1 wrote_VVD ,_, in_II his_APPGE Personal_JJ Memoirs_NN2 (_( 2:489_MC )_) ,_, of_IO his_APPGE feelings_NN2 about_II Lee_NP1 and_CC the_AT soldiers_NN2 he_PPHS1 had_VHD led_VVN and_CC the_AT slave_NN1 republic_NN1 they_PPHS2 had_VHD defended_VVN ._. 
U._NP1 S._NP1 Grant_NP1 recalled_VVD ,_, "_" I_PPIS1 felt_VVD like_II anything_PN1 rather_II21 than_II22 rejoicing_VVG at_II the_AT downfall_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 foe_NN1 who_PNQS had_VHD fought_VVN so_RG long_JJ and_CC valiantly_RR ,_, and_CC had_VHD suffered_VVN so_RG much_DA1 for_IF a_AT1 cause_NN1 ,_, though_CS that_DD1 cause_NN1 was_VBDZ ,_, I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 ,_, one_MC1 of_IO the_AT worst_JJT for_IF which_DDQ a_AT1 people_NN ever_RR fought_VVN ,_, and_CC one_PN1 for_IF which_DDQ there_EX was_VBDZ the_AT least_RRT excuse_VV0 ._. "_" 
By_II studying_VVG his_APPGE life_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 fresh_JJ perspective_NN1 ,_, visitors_NN2 to_II Grant_NP1 's_GE Tomb_NN1 may_VM be_VBI able_JK to_TO see_VVI all_DB the_AT tangled_JJ ,_, complicated_JJ ,_, but_CCB ultimately_RR inspiring_JJ dimensions_NN2 of_IO a_AT1 man_NN1 who_PNQS truly_RR is_VBZ both_RR an_AT1 American_JJ hero_NN1 and_CC an_AT1 American_JJ myth_NN1 ,_, and_CC they_PPHS2 just_RR may_VM be_VBI able_JK to_TO answer_VVI the_AT question_NN1 ,_, "_" Who_PNQS 's_VBZ &lsqb;_( really_RR &rsqb;_) buried_VVN in_II Grant_NP1 's_GE Tomb_NN1 ?_? "_" 
