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General Grant Memorial,popularly known as "Grants Tomb",is the largest mausoleum in America.Its monumental size reflects the public admiration for Ulysses S.Grant-Union general during the Civil War,and 18th President of the United States.
After President Benjamin Harrison laid the cornerstone in 1892,it took six years to build the 150-foot-high memorial,using 8.000 tons of granite.Huge crowds attended the dedication in 1897 to honor the man they credited with winning the Civil War,ending slavery,and reuniting the nation. |