Horace Greeley Meet-and-Greet Quickie Event
Posted by webmaster on 27-July-2009 at 3:25PM
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician. His New York Tribune was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day. Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as opposition to slavery and a host of reforms. Crusading against the corruption of Ulysses S. Grant's Republican administration, he was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. Despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party, he lost in a landslide. Confused Most people though remember him though for a line from a July 13, 1865 editorial where he famously advised "Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country."

Just a quick get together West of the Mississippi River on a Saturday morning. The event will begin at 7:00 a.m. Shocked and conclude approximately 30 minutes later. BYOB - Bring Your Own Breakfast! Nothing specifically planned, just a chance to get together and hang out for a little while. Bring coins, travel bugs and anything else you would like to Go West!
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