Westmoreland County has played an important part in the development of Pennsylvania and the nation, so it seems natural that many of its sons and daughters have made major contributions of their own. As 2023 comes to a close — and with it, the 250th anniversary of the founding of
Ulysses Grant was born on the 27th day of April 1882, in Point Pleasant, Ohio to Root Grant, a businessman, and Hannah Grant. The family moved to George town a year after his birth and that was where…