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On August 18, 1865, Galena celebrated the return of its Civil War hero General Ulysses S Grant. Following a jubilant procession with much flag waving and speeches, a group of Galena citizens presented the General with a handsome furnished house on Bouthillier Street. The house is managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as the U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site.

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Photos in slideshow by Robert Keeling