"Let Us Have Peace"

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"Let Us Have Peace" is the famous post–Civil War motto associated with Ulysses S. Grant, expressing his call for national reconciliation and unity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf motto
political slogan
post–Civil War motto
aimsTo encourage national unity
promote peace between former combatants
reduce sectional tensions
associatedWith Ulysses S. Grant
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs Grant’s call for national reconciliation and unity
hasAudience citizens of the United States
former Confederate states
former Union states
hasHistoricalSignificance symbol of postwar healing in the United States
hasLanguage English
hasMoralAppeal forgiveness
healing of wartime divisions
hasPoliticalIdeology Unionism
reconciliationism
hasTheme national reconciliation
national unity
peace
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era
influencedBy aftermath of the American Civil War
medium campaign rhetoric
political speeches
memorializedIn historical writings about Ulysses S. Grant
studies of Reconstruction-era politics
notableFor being a famous slogan of Ulysses S. Grant
politicalContext post–American Civil War politics
politicalPosition appeal to end sectional animosity
call for reconciliation between North and South
relatedEvent American Civil War
Reconstruction era
surface form: Reconstruction after the American Civil War
usedBy Ulysses S. Grant
usedIn U.S. political discourse

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Tomb named General Grant National Memorial hasInscription "Let Us Have Peace"
subject surface form: General Grant National Memorial