http://warmemorialhq.org/items/browse?tags=John+Duncan&output=atom2024-03-29T10:40:39-05:00Omekahttp://warmemorialhq.org/items/show/644
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var str = 'The most striking and largest monument in Riverside Park on the upper West Side of Manhattan is the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia. The monumental tomb, one of only 2 mausoleum memorials in the city and the largest mausoleum in the nation, was designed by John Duncan and completed in 1892 and is composed of marble and granite. The site is administered by the National Park Service. General U.S. Grant graduated from West Point and served in the U.S. Army beginning in the Mexican War and rose to command Union forces by during the Civil War. After serving two term as President, he retired to New York and died in 1885. People from all over the world contributed to the public fundraiser and more than 1 million people attended the dedication on April 2, 1897. Above the entrance to the mausoleum is a granite inscription “Let Us Have Peace”. The National Memorial stands at 150 feet high at the top of the domed ceiling. Inside are painted murals of scenes from Grant’s career and the granite sarcophagi of Grant and his wife lie directly below the rotunda.';
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