Grant's Tomb

I have long been a Grant fan--my favorite general, among my favorite presidents, my favorite American, FWIW--and have long been under the sway of the several revisionist historians who have written about him in recent years. Also my favorite smoker and drinker, pal of Mark Twain, and man of simple virtues, trust, and faithfulness. His memorial, now administered by the National Park Service, is just a few blocks up the river from our apartment, so I had to make the pilgrimage. Vicki has always been curious about who is buried in Grant's tomb, so she made the pilgrimage too.

In Riverside Park, about 123rd St.

The whole thing is said to have been modeled on the
great mausoleum of Halicarnassus

The tombs of Grant and his wife, Julia

From his 2nd term as President

Vicksburg..."dust-covered man on a dust-covered horse"...like his
monument before the US Capitol

A couple side-rooms show Civil War battle sites

His principal lieutenant

The memorial was built and paid for privately, by subscription; Grant was
the great man of the 19th century in the US; surpassed by Lincoln only in
the 20th century

Oh, the answer to the great Marxist (Groucho) question about Grant's Tomb is:
no one; see the Wikipedia entry...