The Historian · Eleanor · New York
General Grant National Memorial (Grant's Tomb)
Here's a reversal of fortune: when it opened in 1897, Grant's Tomb drew over half a million people to its dedication and was one of New York's great attractions. Today it's nearly empty. The largest mausoleum in North America holds the Civil War general and president and his wife Julia. The old riddle — 'Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?' — is a trick: they're entombed above ground, not buried.
Ulysses S. Grant's granite tomb — once the city's top attraction, now serenely overlooked.
— Eleanor, The Historian
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