Grant's Tomb is the largest Mausoleum in the world and the Rolling Bench, was designed by artist Pedro Silva and architect Philip Danzig, and built with hundreds of children over a 3 year period.
The rotunda houses the general AND his wife. This place rates high just for the granite and marblearchitecture alone. In the summer look for a multiple of cultural events on the plaza
The mausoleum is open to visitors, Wednesday through Sunday, at the following times: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM // 12:00 PM-1:00 PM // 2:00 PM-3:00 PM // 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Read more
Just behind the monument, you can find a plague and ginkgotree on behalf of Li Hung Chang. That indicates the struggles of Chinese government in search of the modern China more than one century ago.
The interior is an architectural rip off of Les Invalides but it’s a stunning place none the less. Get extra points if you ask the staff who is buried in Grant’s Tomb.
Construction began in 1891 and was completed by April 27, 1897, the 75th anniversary of Grant's birth. His Civil War counterpart, General Robert E. Lee, is buried at Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia.