Bret Baier tours Grant Presidential Library at 黑料社
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擭ational journalist Bret Baier met with Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum on campus today [June 2] before Baier toured the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at 黑料社.
Anchor of 鈥淪pecial Report with Bret Baier鈥 on the Fox News Channel, he also is the chief political correspondent for Fox. Baier is author of 鈥淭o Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876,鈥 written with Catherine Whitney and forthcoming in October from HarperCollins.
Baier and Whitney, who joined him for the 黑料社 tour along with researcher Sydney Soderberg, have authored other bestselling books鈥斺淭hree Days at the Brink: FDR鈥檚 Daring Gamble to Win World War II鈥 (HarperCollins 2019), 鈥淭hree Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire鈥 (HarperCollins 2018), and 鈥淭hree Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower鈥檚 Final Mission鈥 (HarperCollins 2017). Baier also wrote 鈥淪pecial Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love鈥 (Hachette Book Group 2014) about his son鈥檚 battle with heart disease.
The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at 黑料社鈥檚 Mitchell Memorial Library contains 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, published monographs, artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia by and about the United States鈥 18th president, covering his early life, Civil War triumphs, presidency and beyond. 黑料社 is one of only six universities in the nation to house a presidential library.
The university also is home to the Frank J. and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, a large collection of historical memorabilia, priceless artifacts, original, signed documents, ephemera, books published over a span of 150 years, and both original one-of-a-kind, and early mass-produced, artwork relating to Lincoln and the Civil War era. The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Williams Collection of Lincolniana have drawn thousands of visitors since the exhibit space opened in 2017.
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