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Groundbreaking ceremony for Grant’s Tomb

4/27/1891: There was a groundbreaking ceremony for Grant’s Tomb, now formally known as General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826–1902). The tomb is located in Riverside Park in the Morningside Heights, Harlem. #onthisday

 

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