General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States

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mausoleum national memorial tourist attraction

General Grant National Memorial in New York City is a monumental mausoleum that serves as the final resting place of U.S. Civil War general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mausoleum → national memorial → tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs	Grant's Tomb →
architect	John Hemenway Duncan →
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts architecture → Neoclassical architecture →
associatedWith	American Civil War → Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant →
burialPlaceOf	Julia Dent Grant → Ulysses S. Grant →
category	Civil War memorial → Presidential memorial →
completionDate	1897 →
constructionStartDate	1891 →
containsTombOf	Julia Dent Grant → Ulysses S. Grant →
country	United States →
dedicatedBy	President William McKinley →
dedicatedOn	April 27, 1897 →
governingBody	National Park Service →
hasFeature	circular interior → colonnade → inscriptions → large central dome → mosaics → sarcophagi of Ulysses and Julia Grant →
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Memorial →
honors	Julia Dent Grant → Ulysses S. Grant →
inception	1890s →
locatedIn	Manhattan → Morningside Heights → New York City → New York State → Riverside Park NERFINISHED →
locatedNear	Hudson River →
locatedOn	Riverside Drive NERFINISHED →
maintainedBy	National Park Service →
materialUsed	granite → marble →
namedAfter	Ulysses S. Grant →
openToPublic	yes →
owner	United States federal government NERFINISHED →
partOf	National Park System →
shape	domed structure →
significance	largest mausoleum in North America →
theme	commemoration of Union victory in the American Civil War →
visitorCenter	General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ulysses S. Grant →	burialPlace