Season 3, Episode 18-Ulysses Grant’s Tomb

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Season 3, Episode 18: Ulysses Grant’s Tomb

Perhaps the most famous of the Presidential gravesites, and the answer to the riddle, we will look at who IS buried in Grant’s Tomb: Ulysses Grant, 18th President of the United States! Learn about the end of his term, flirtations with a third-term bid, his post-Presidency, his illness, death, and burial, as well as how he is commemorated!

Be sure to listen to Ulysses Grant’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to Ulysses Grant’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Ulysses Grant and Galena” on his homes!

General Grant National Memorial official site from the National Park Service.

Grant’s Tomb Burial, Construction, & Early History from Grant Monument Association.

Grant’s Tomb Decline & Preservation from Grant Monument Association.

The Battle for Grant’s Tomb from Columbia Magazine.

From My June 2023 Visit!

From My July 2013 Visit!

From My July 2021 Visit!

From My July 2022 Visit!

From My July 2024 Visit!

Historical Images of Grant’s Tomb

From the Dedication (Grant Memorial Association)

Death of General Grant

The Funeral in New York City

The original Tomb
Funeral Flowers at the Temporary Vault

From My Visit to Grant’s Cottage

Statues of Ulysses Grant

Ulysses Grant Gravesite: General Grant Memorial, W122nd and Riverside Drive, New York City.

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Recommended Reading for Ulysses Grant

Ron Chernow, Grant.
Ronald C White, American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant.
Louis Picone, Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon.
Charles Bracelen Flood, Grant’s Final Victory: Ulysses Grant’s Heroic Final Year.

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