PRESIDENTIAL Pizzazz

President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Dent Grant occupied the White House from 1869 to 1877. As first lady, Julia Dent Grant was regarded as an unimpeachable White House hostess. During her role as first lady, Mrs. Grant planned weekly gatherings, afternoon teas and arranged many state dinners as well as serving as the driving force behind such public events as Independence Day and New Year’s Day celebrations.

The first lady had her work cut out for her in restoring the White House as the center of social society in Washington post Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial, an event that closed the doors on any White House festivities.

Julia Boggs Dent was born on January