A Spirited Holiday Past

Join Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site for A Spirited Holiday Past! President Grant’s home, White Haven will be decorated for the holiday season. Tour the home and create a holiday craft with your family. Guitarist Pattrick Rafferty will perform 19th century holid......More

Join Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site for A Spirited Holiday Past! President Grant’s home, White Haven will be decorated for the holiday season. Tour the home and create a holiday craft with your family. Guitarist Pattrick Rafferty will perform 19th century holiday tunes in the parlor and Suzanne Corbett will provide 19th century baking demonstrations in the historic stone kitchen. All activities are free and no reservations are required.

White Haven by Candlelight Holiday Celebration

Experience White Haven in the evening during the holidays. Lights will illuminate the grounds and historic house. You will hear Christmas songs performed by the St. Louis Christmas Carolers outside the house. Inside, the decorated rooms will glow with “candlelight” and ......More

Experience White Haven in the evening during the holidays. Lights will illuminate the grounds and historic house. You will hear Christmas songs performed by the St. Louis Christmas Carolers outside the house. Inside, the decorated rooms will glow with “candlelight” and as you walk through the house, you’ll hear period holiday music performed by guitarist Patrick Rafferty. In the dining room you can enjoy 19th century treats served by Suzanne Corbett, food historian, and learn about 19th century etiquette and holiday culinary customs.End the evening with a festive concert by the Buckhannon Brothers in the park’s theater at 7:00 pm. No reservations are required. All activities are free. Visitors are welcome to attend the open house, concert, or both! *For safety reasons, our candles will be battery operated.Note: Grant’s Farm will be open that evening for their walk-through holiday light. Our parking lot is open just for our visitors and is free.

Holiday Concert: The Buckhannon Brothers

Enjoy a festive concert by the Buckhannon Brothers in the park’s theater. Visitors are invited to attend the open house, concert, or both!  Activities are free and no reservations are required.Note: Grant’s Farm will be open that evening for their walk-through holiday l......More

Enjoy a festive concert by the Buckhannon Brothers in the park’s theater. Visitors are invited to attend the open house, concert, or both!  Activities are free and no reservations are required.Note: Grant’s Farm will be open that evening for their walk-through holiday lights. Our parking lot is open just for our visitors and is free.

White Haven Readers Guild

Book - The Naturalist by Darrin LundeStart your new year off by joining the park’s readers’ guild. We meet quarterly on Wednesdays. Book selections forthcoming. The book is available in the park’s bookstore.For reservations, please call 314-842-1867  ext. 230 ...More

Book - The Naturalist by Darrin LundeStart your new year off by joining the park’s readers’ guild. We meet quarterly on Wednesdays. Book selections forthcoming. The book is available in the park’s bookstore.For reservations, please call 314-842-1867  ext. 230 

Author Talk: John Frémont’s 100 Days

Greg Wolk will discuss his newest book, John Frémont’s 100 Days in Civil War Missouri covering Grant’s activities during his wartime days in the state, which overlapped to a considerable extent Fremont’s tenure. The book tracks Grant’s progress from Quincy, Illinois to ......More

Greg Wolk will discuss his newest book, John Frémont’s 100 Days in Civil War Missouri covering Grant’s activities during his wartime days in the state, which overlapped to a considerable extent Fremont’s tenure. The book tracks Grant’s progress from Quincy, Illinois to Belmont, Missouri, and his relationship to Frémont – the man who put him on the road to success.The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.

History Talk: Presidental China and the First State Dinner

Julie Northrip will discuss the first state dinner hosted in the White House by Julia Grant and the presidential china ordered for hosting these events.

History Talk: Celebrating Julia Dent Grant

Pam Sanfilippo will discuss her latest research into the life of Julia Dent Grant. The lecture will be followed by a cake and punch reception to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Julia's birth on January 26, 1826.

Author talk: Black St. Louis

Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Author NiNi Harris highlights great figures who showed leadership, incr......More

Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Author NiNi Harris highlights great figures who showed leadership, incredible innovation, and courage despite the injustices they faced.The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.*This program is rescheduled from November 15.

Ranger Talk: Julia and Ulysses Courtship

Join Ranger Sky for a discussion of the courtship of Ulysses and Julia as told through the letters that they shared throughout the Mexican-American War.

History Talk: The Fifteenth Amendment, February 3, 1870 & Women’s Rights Movement

Park historian Nick Sacco will discuss the ratification of the 15th Amendment during Grant's presidency and the implications that it had for women and the right to vote.