Horace Greeley's Presidential Campaign Picnic

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Horace Greeley's Presidential Campaign Picnic

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2025-21-31

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Horace Greeley's Presidential Campaign Picnic, Chappaqua, New York, July 13, 1872 "Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune, and candidate for President of the United States against Ulysses S. Grant, hosted a campaign picnic for his supporters in the pine grove. The pine grove, planted by Horace Greeley, exists today alongside the Church of Saint Mary in Chappaqua, N.Y." Sketch by Albert Berghaus