Administered by City of Muskegon Parks Maintenance 1350 East Keating Avenue Muskegon Michigan 49444
Located Hackley Park 4th Street & Webster Avenue Muskegon Michigan
Date:
1899. Dedicated May 30, 1900
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5032, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1905, pg. 208.
Image on file.
ROMAN BRONZE WKS (On front of base, raised:) 1822/GRANT/1885 (On side of plinth:) MASSEY RHIND/SC 99 (On back of plinth on plaque:) PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF MUSKEGON/BY/CHARLES H. HACKLEY/MAY 30, A.D. 1900 Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Standing full-length figure of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform. His jacket has epaulets and his hands are clutching his lapels. His vest is buttoned at the waist. His sword, with a tassel attached to the handle, is attached to leather straps on the bottom back of his jacket, over the rear of his proper left leg. The figure is atop a granite base with a laurel relief with a bow in the front center.
