Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association

06/19/2026

06/15/2026

As part of this year's 4th of July Ice Cream Social:
2:00: Discussion of Pre-1900 Baseball at the time of Grover Cleveland’s Presidency. Author Jeffrey Orens will discuss early baseball and his book, “Selling Baseball, How Superstars George Wright and Albert Spalding Impacted Sports in America”. Orens is a writer of historical nonfiction with an exceptional eye for overlooked gems in history. He has written for historical journals and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), publishing articles on nineteenth-century baseball as well as presenting at SABR’s nineteenth-century baseball conference in Cooperstown, New
York. He lives with his wife Deborah, in Fairfield, New Jersey. See https://presidentcleveland.org/4th-of-july-celebration-2026/ for a full schedule of activities.

06/10/2026

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This year, the event will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

05/03/2026

This Wednesday at 6:30pm. BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT “Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire”

May 6th, 2025 (Wed) 6:30 p.m.
@ Grover Cleveland Birthplace
207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ.

The Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum is excited to host the launch of “Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire” written by board trustee Louis L. Picone

The event will feature an interview with the author by James Gardner, board trustee and host of the “Your History Your Story” podcast, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Guests can purchase copies of the book and thematic refreshments will include Victorian coffee, tea and snacks, and authentic Japanese treats (Grant spent over two months in Japan).

This event is open to the public, and admission is $10 per person. For more information or to reserve your spot, please email [email protected]

04/26/2026

BOOK LAUNCH! “Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire”

May 6th, 2025 (Wed) 6:30 p.m.
@ Grover Cleveland Birthplace
207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ.

The Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum is excited to host the launch of “Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire” written by board trustee Louis L. Picone

The event will feature an interview with the author by James Gardner, board trustee and host of the “Your History Your Story” podcast, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Guests can purchase copies of the book and thematic refreshments will include Victorian coffee, tea and snacks, and authentic Japanese treats (Grant spent over two months in Japan).

This event is open to the public, and admission is $10 per person. For more information or to reserve your spot, please email [email protected]

04/23/2026

Book Launch 2 weeks away!

The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association & the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library are excited to host the official book launch of "Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire" written by Presidential Library Chairman Louis L. Picone - Presidential Historian & Author

The event will feature an interview with the author by James Gardner, board trustee and host of the Your History Your Story podcast, followed by a Q&A and book signing

Guests can purchase copies of the book and thematic refreshments will include Victorian coffee, tea and snacks, and authentic Japanese treats (Grant spent over two months in Japan)

This event is open to the public, and admission is $10 per person. For more information or to reserve your spot, please email [email protected]