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Tag Archives: Ulysses S. Grant
1862: Till Hell Freezes Over
The phrase “until Hell freezes over” seems to originate during the civil war, as the earliest examples in print date from that time. In his 1869 book, The Life and Campaigns of General U.S. Grant, from Boyhood to his Inauguration … Continue reading
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