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The Spirit of '76 Presidents and their First Ladies

President Ulysses and Julia Grant

A Deerfield Beach Percy White Library Tradition continues with our annual "State of the Union" address from Former Presidents & their First Ladies

The "Spirit of '76" is alive and well at Deerfield Beach Percy White Library!

Best known as Abraham Lincoln's General for ending the American Civil War, Ulysses Grant became President of the United States in 1876, when America celebrated it's first 100 years.

President Ulysses Grant and First Lady Julia Grant will be performed by William and Susan Wills, respectively.   Since the day they met performing in the musical “Sweet Charity” in 1970, the marriage of William and Sue Wills has revolved around the world of theatre. From 1978 – 1997, they operated a theatre company in Ocean City, MD where they produced and performed in over 4,000 presentations with their three children;Jennifer, Dan, and Rebecca. Since 1997, they have traveled to over 70 % of the U.S. giving over 5, 400 performances of these unique interpretations, which they have also researched and written. Overall William and Sue are in their 48th year as working actors, a feat few have achieved. They are not impersonators, but using dialects, emotions, and costumes, these dramatically read dialogues humanize the names in our history books by showing the strengths and weaknesses, triumphs and failures of our First Couples.

“Congress should declare them a living national monument.” is how one patron described his feelings.

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