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Galena, USA- September 11, 2014: Ulysses S. Grant's former home in Galena, Illinois now operates as a museum managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It is known as the "U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site." On August 18, 1865, after Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War victory, a group of local Galena citizens presented General Grant with this Italianate-style house. After Grant's election as US President in 1868, Grant and family continued to visit occasionally.
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide. It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver. Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms. It is often associated with the minerals sphalerite, calcite and fluorite.
Galena, USA - September 11, 2014: Ulysses S. Grant's former home in Galena, Illinois now operates as a museum managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It is known as the "U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site." On August 18, 1865, after Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War victory, a group of local citizens from Galena presented General Grant with this Italianate-style house. After Grant's election as US President in 1868, Grant and family continued to visit occasionally.