Grant Grant's Tomb

[StephenColbert27]

Nice!
Thanks for posting, @StephenColbert27!

NYC is one of the few that I don't think that I will see in my lifetime, haha.

Thanks for the photographic tour!

You're welcome! I think everyone should go to New York at some point. There are so many things to see and do! Though I will say that I probably can't tolerate being in a city like that for more than a week. Traffic and crazy taxi-drivers are not among my most favorite things. Still, it's certainly an experience.

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

You're welcome! I think everyone should go to New York at some point. There are so many things to see and do! Though I will say that I probably can't tolerate being in a city like that for more than a week. Traffic and crazy taxi-drivers are not among my most favorite things. Still, it's certainly an experience.

That's what i hear!

I was told by a couple folks to pick between D.C. or NYC - depending on what your interest was (history vs. art, theatre, etc)

I picked D.C. - seemed to be a no brainer!

 

[tackitt27]

Thanks for the pictures. As stated above I will probably never make it that way.

 

[StephenColbert27]

That's what i hear!

I was told by a couple folks to pick between D.C. or NYC - depending on what your interest was (history vs. art, theatre, etc)

I picked D.C. - seemed to be a no brainer!

I can understand; I've wanted to go to D.C. for a while myself.

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

I can understand; I've wanted to D.C. for a while myself.

Dude, do it!

While i have no love for the city itself, or the weather of the eastern seaboard - I have been 4-5 times in the last decade. I usually adjusted fire so that my visits would fall in line with troop school, TDY assignments, etc. I officially crossed it off my list as 'been there, done that' - at least until i have some youngsters of an age that seeing it will stick for them.

Every American should see the Capitol and take in all the nation's history on display there.

 

[StephenColbert27]

Dude, do it!

While i have no love for the city itself, or the weather of the eastern seaboard - I have been 4-5 times in the last decade. I usually adjusted fire so that my visits would fall in line with troop school, TDY assignments, etc. I officially crossed it off my list as 'been there, done that' - at least until i have some youngsters of an age that seeing it will stick for them.

Every American should see the Capitol and take in all the nation's history on display there.

For the past couple of years my grandparents and I have gone on a Civil War trip every year, so maybe I can get a week in the Summer for D.C./Antietam? The thing is, there's so much around D.C. for the Civil War that I almost don't know which to pick. Bull Run is just across the Potomac, but Antietam is higher up the list. Of course, I could just as easily do both. Definitely enough to do for multiple trips.

 

[huskerblitz]

That's what i hear!

I was told by a couple folks to pick between D.C. or NYC - depending on what your interest was (history vs. art, theatre, etc)

I picked D.C. - seemed to be a no brainer!

When my grant group went to NYC, we only got to see Grant's Tomb by a drive-by. New York and Columbia University's own Kenneth T. Jackson gave us a personal tour through the city. But I did wish I had more time to explore places like Grant's Tomb in more detail.

But you're right, D.C. is a no-brainer to visit first. I don't think it's even a question in terms of 'must-see' places. Plus, a lot of Washington is quite a bit easier to get around and A LOT cleaner. NY was just so clustered. I live in a village of 300 people...me and big cities do not mesh.

 

[Keiri]

Is it as hard to get to as it seems? I understood it was in the New York harbor which just seems like.. Too out of the way

 

[StephenColbert27]

Is it as hard to get to as it seems? I understood it was in the New York harbor which just seems like.. Too out of the way

Yeah, it's a bit far out of the way. It wasn't too bad by taxi, though. It's probably 15-20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan (where we were staying). Of course, we had it pretty good in terms of traffic. It could be a lot more, depending.

 

[StephenColbert27]

Whoops! Just realized that I incorrectly labeled James McPherson as Edward Ord. THIS is Edward Ord.

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

Yeah, it's a bit far out of the way. It wasn't too bad by taxi, though. It's probably 15-20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan (where we were staying). Of course, we had it pretty good in terms of traffic. It could be a lot more, depending.

Forgive me as it might sound quite naïve, but is it an ok area where the memorial is?

 

[chellers]

Yeah, it's a bit far out of the way. It wasn't too bad by taxi, though. It's probably 15-20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan (where we were staying). Of course, we had it pretty good in terms of traffic. It could be a lot more, depending.

May I be so brazen to ask what taxi fare was one-way or roundtrip?

Thanks in advance.

 

[5fish]

The problem was with the National Park Service and their inability to get the money required. Scaturro wasn't even in government; he was a student at Columbia who was unhappy with the state of the Tomb. After he brought it to the attention of the public, the gears did finally start moving, and the renovation was completed.

Our National Park Service has been under funded for years. There are many historical areas/sites that are going into disrepair and our congress for years and years and years and more just ignores the disrepair of our parks and histroical sites.

 

[jackt62]

Didn't get pictures, but the walls in the lower chamber of the Grant Memorial are inscribed with giant maps of Grant's Western and Eastern campaigns.

 

[StephenColbert27]

May I be so brazen to ask what taxi fare was one-way or roundtrip?

Thanks in advance.

Ours wasn't too bad, about $22 one way, if I remember correctly. It could be a lot higher though, maybe up in the 40's if the traffic is bad.

Forgive me as it might sound quite naïve, but is it an ok area where the memorial is?

It's a very nice area, right on a park overlooking the Hudson River, and across the street from Columbia University. Not much to worry about in that department.

 

[StephenColbert27]

Didn't get pictures, but the walls in the lower chamber of the Grant Memorial are inscribed with giant maps of Grant's Western and Eastern campaigns.

I can't believe I missed that! I was in a bit of a hurry, since we had to go to a Broadway show at 1:00 that day, but still. I guess I'll have to go back the next time I'm in NYC.

 

[theoldman]

Just wondering and had not thought about it before, but why was Grant and eventually his wife buried in NYC?

 

[StephenColbert27]

Just wondering and had not thought about it before, but why was Grant and eventually his wife buried in NYC?

According to their website, it was one of several options that Grant gave to his son Fred for him to decide on where to bury him. Here was the list:

• St. Louis, where Grant had lived for several years and where he met his wife, as well as where she was from.
• Galena, Illinois, where, again, Grant and his family had lived for several years, with him getting himself back on his feet after resigning from the Army in disgrace and suffering a number of failures in private life.
• New York City, where he lived the remaining four years of his life.

Grant considered West Point, but discarded the idea because he would not be able to be buried with Julia, which mattered to him more than anything else. The three above places all had that in common. Obviously, Fred chose New York City, where he himself lived, and where he served as Commissioner of Police, along with a certain young man named Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[theoldman]

According to their website, it was one of several options that Grant gave to his son Fred for him to decide on where to bury him. Here was the list:

• St. Louis, where Grant had lived for several years and where he met his wife, as well as where she was from.
• Galena, Illinois, where, again, Grant and his family had lived for several years, with him getting himself back on his feet after resigning from the Army in disgrace and suffering a number of failures in private life.
• New York City, where he lived the remaining four years of his life.

Grant considered West Point, but discarded the idea because he would not be able to be buried with Julia, which mattered to him more than anything else. The three above places all had that in common. Obviously, Fred chose New York City, where he himself lived, and where he served as Commissioner of Police, along with a certain young man named Theodore Roosevelt.

Thank you. I am embarrassed to admit I was being lazy by asking the question here rather than look it up myself.
Thank you again.

 

[StephenColbert27]

Thank you. I am embarrassed to admit I was being lazy by asking the question here rather than look it up myself.
Thank you again.

No problem! I was curious myself. I always figured that it would have been his preference to have been buried in Galena or Ohio. 1 for 2, I suppose.