In 1865, the Ladies Social Circle of Eureka, Humboldt Co., California dedicated a quilt to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. It was auctioned off at the sanitary fair to raise funds to assist the Union troops through the sanitary commission.The Civil War ended shortly after this date. The Ladies Social Circle dedicated the banner quilt to Ulysses S. Grant honoring his stay at Fort Humboldt.

 

Do you think they knew he'd be president someday?

 

This quilt lives at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, California, where we taped Pat Durbin's Show 2103: Easy Mosaic Techniques and Adding Detail & Depth to Your Quilts. In this show, we also take a tour of the museum.