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    • Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The structure is in the median of Riverside Drive at 12… See more

    Context and planning

    Ulysses S. Grant was born in 1822 and led the Union Army to victory during the American Civil War, then served as the … See more

    Design and construction

    As fundraising slowed down, people began to lose confidence in the Grant Monument Association, and members of the public offered their own proposals for the memorial. American Architect and Building News host… See more

    Use as monument

    The New York City Board of Estimate budgeted $50,000 in 1896 just for the monument's opening ceremony. Grant's remains were transferred to the sarcophagus on April 17, 1897, and placed in the maus… See more

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    Description

    The design of Grant's Tomb was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman structures, in particular the Pantheon, Rome. Duncan may have taken some elements of his design, such as dimensions, from his onetime cla… See more

    Activities

    Jazz concerts have been hosted outside the tomb since at least 1975. Since then, concerts have regularly been held at or just outside Grant's Tomb. Examples include Jazzmobile, Inc.'s annual Free Outdoor Summer M… See more

    Impact

    When the design for Grant's Tomb was announced in 1890, The New York Times wrote that "disinterested and competent observers must agree that the choice was well made", while the Brooklyn Citizen called the d… See more

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