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General Grant National Memorial in New York City, a large neoclassical stone mausoleum with tall columns and a domed roof, surrounded by trees and flagpoles.
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General Grant National Memorial

monument, New York City, New York, United States
Also known as: Grant’s Tomb
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General Grant National Memorial, mausoleum of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant in New York City, standing on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River. It was designed by John H. Duncan. The monument, 150 feet (46 m) high in gray granite, was erected at a cost of $600,000 raised by public contributions. It was dedicated April 27, 1897, and made a national memorial in 1959. The memorial is a combination of several classical styles, its lower section supporting a rotunda surrounded by Ionic columns and surmounted by a conical dome. Massive bronze doors lead to a white marble interior, in the centre of which is an open crypt containing the sarcophagi of the general and his wife, Julia Dent Grant.

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