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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Symposium

Fred Lynch
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The U.S. Grant Symposium is presented to a standing-room-only crowd Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau.

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    Frank Nickell, director of the Kellerman Foundation, speaks Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 about Ulysses S. Grant in Southeast Missouri during the U.S. Grant Symposium at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Frank Nickell, professor emeritus of history, Southeast Missouri State University, speaks Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 about Ulysses S. Grant in Southeast Missouri during the U.S. Grant Symposium at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    The crowd listens to Frank Nickell speak at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.comT The U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau.
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    FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.comT The U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau.
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    The crowd listens to Frank Nickell speak at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.comT The U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau.
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    People listen to Frank Nickell speak at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    An overflow crowd listens to Frank Nickell speak at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. speaks Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 during the U.S. Grant Symposium at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Gregory Wolk, heritage resources coordinator, Missouri Humanities Council, presents "On the Trail with U.S. Grant" Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 during the U.S. Grant Symposium at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    The U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    The U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Curt Fields, a historian who portrays Gen. Ulysses. S. Grant, is introduced in the audience at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Darrel Dexter speaks at the U.S. Grant Symposium Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Heritage Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Cathy Barton and Dava Para perform "Civil War Music of the Western Border" Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Cathy Barton and Dava Para perform "Civil War Music of the Western Border" Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger proclaims "Ulysses S. Grant Day" and presents a copy to Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman, as Earl Norman, left, looks on, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Ronald D. White, Fellow at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, presents the keynote address, "Ulysses S. Grant: A Fresh Vision for American Leadership," Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)