EXPLOREGENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL

General Grant National Memorial

TYPE
historic-site
ESTABLISHED
1897
AREA
1 acres
STATE
NY
ECOSYSTEM
Forest

The largest mausoleum in North America, popularly known as "Grant's Tomb," entombs Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Dent Grant in matching black Brazilian granite sarcophagi beneath a 150-foot granite dome in Riverside Park. More than 90,000 citizens contributed over $600,000 to build the monument, which was dedicated before 1 million people in 1897.

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