World tour of Ulysses S. Grant | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-16

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00:01:56 1 Preparation and launch
00:07:16 2 1877
00:07:25 2.1 England
00:10:27 2.2 Germany, Switzerland, Italy
00:11:25 2.3 Scotland, return to England
00:14:02 2.4 France, Southern Italy, Malta
00:18:11 3 1878
00:18:20 3.1 Egypt and Holy Land
00:20:54 3.2 Constantinople, Athens, Italy
00:23:50 3.3 Paris, Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia
00:26:03 3.4 Russia, Poland, Austria, Paris
00:28:30 3.5 Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Paris
00:31:50 4 1879
00:31:59 4.1 Ireland, Marseille, Alexandria, India
00:36:29 4.2 East Asia, China, Japan
00:39:27 5 Return to the United States
00:41:45 5.1 Chicago and reunion
00:44:47 6 World tour map, i1879/i
00:45:34 7 Aftermath
00:49:00 8 See also



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The world tour of Ulysses S. Grant began in May 1877, only a couple of months after Grant's second presidential term had ended. After serving as a general during the Civil War, and as president for two consecutive terms during the turbulent Reconstruction Era, Grant was ready for a vacation from the years of stress that war and politics had brought him. Now in his later fifties, Grant looked forward to the tour with great enthusiasm. With his wife Julia they embarked on a long-anticipated tour, which would develop into an around the world tour, lasting more than two and a half years. The tour was filled with visits to a variety of places and prominent people, including Queen Victoria, Pope Leo XIII, Otto von Bismarck and other such dignitaries around the world. The Grants had a flexible itinerary and their visits to various countries would bring them to Paris three times during their tour. Grant was often received by cheering crowds as "General Grant" the Civil War hero in the various countries along the tour, often with official greetings and huge celebrations.
During the tour abroad, Grant was encouraged by his successor President Rutherford B. Hayes, to represent the United States in an unofficial diplomatic capacity in some cases. This involved resolving international disputes between countries – an unprecedented role for the relatively young United States. As a courtesy to Grant, his touring party was often transported to their destinations by the U.S. Navy. When he returned to the United States he was received in grand formality as he journeyed across the country. By the time Grant had completed his world tour he had brought the United States into the realm of international prominence in the eyes of much of the world.