Larry and Constance Clowers are a husband and wife team who portray Ulysses S. Grant and Julia D. Grant. Their true-to-life portrayal of the Grant’s provides an unusual insight and educational information about the pair and their influence. Their mission is to educate the general public about the historical aspects, as well as the humanistic convictions of the Grant’s.

By profession, Larry is an Electrical Engineer. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force, Northrop-Grumman, and the SBC Corporation.

Constance is a master seamstress. Trained in clothing construction, she left the Wardrobe Department of Knott’s Berry Farm in California to pursue her role as Julia Grant. Constance constructed all of the clothing seen in the play.
Both are retired and relocated to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 2005. Also in 2005, they were awarded the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Honor Medal for their living history portrayal of the Grant’s.  They are recognized throughout America as one of the best teams of living historians providing glimpses of the Grant’s and their ideals.

Their effort involves stage settings, personal interactions with the public at Civil War events, service organizations, schools, conventions, museums, seminars, lectures, numerous Civil War Roundtables, historical organizations, and civic functions. The Clowers take great care to seek out the actual historical information of these American personages and the virtues of the Grants.

Larry and Constance developed this stage play to bring to the public the true Spirit of Ulysses and Julia Grant. Their love for history is only matched by their love of the Grant’s.

Clients have included the National Park Service, National Civil War Museum, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Agriculture, American Civil War Museum, Cosmopolitan Club, Lockheed, Pew Trusts of Philadelphia, to name a few. In 2006, they appeared on ABC World News Tonight and in 2004, Good Morning America.

In October 2007, they appeared in Washington, D.C. as President Grant and First Lady Julia Grant in the chambers of the House of Representatives. They campaigned to revise and update the Mining Bill of 1872 to protect the environment. In early 2008, they will return to Washington to campaign in the United States Senate for their support in revising the 1872 Bill.

Since they began portraying the Grants, they have presented over 3,000 programs across the United States.

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