{"id":17599,"date":"2026-03-10T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/who-s-buried-in-grant-s-tomb\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:04:02","slug":"who-s-buried-in-grant-s-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/who-s-buried-in-grant-s-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Buried in Grant\u2019s Tomb?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably remember that old riddle from school days, \u201cWho\u2019s buried in Grant\u2019s Tomb?\u201d The right answer would be Ulysses S. Grant <em>and<\/em> his widow Julia (and their dog apparently).<\/p>\n<p>More particularly they\u2019re not really buried there, they\u2019re \u201centombed\u201d as a friend of mine reminded me recently on Facebook. 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last Sunday as my wife Carol and I were walking from church to our favorite supermarket down by the river, we stopped and lingered.<\/p>\n<p>I was struck by the words on the exterior: \u201cLet us have peace.\u201d What a profound message for a nation still struggling to recover from the devastation of the Civil War. What a poignant message for our own time. \u201cLet there be peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant died in 1885. Almost immediately the mayor of New York advocated that his remains be housed in a memorial in the city. As you can imagine there were advocates who felt he should be elsewhere. Like Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>No, his wife Julia said. She preferred having him buried\u2013or rather entombed\u2013in New York, closer to her home. She wanted to be able to visit him regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Julia\u2019s wishes prevailed. On April 27, 1897, on what would have been Grant\u2019s 75th birthday, the white-marble monument was opened to great fanfare. And it was for years a popular destination for the carriage trade.<\/p>\n<p>Still the question remains: why wasn\u2019t Grant buried in one of the nation\u2019s military cemeteries? Wouldn\u2019t that be more appropriate for a much-decorated hero, a West Point graduate, a former president?<\/p>\n<p>Once again, go back to the riddle. Who\u2019s buried in Grant\u2019s tomb? The husband and wife. That was Grant\u2019s dying wish that he rest in eternity next to his wife. Impossible in a military cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>When Julia died in 1902 she was entombed next to him, Grant\u2019s last wishes finally granted. And their message to the world? <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/seasonal-devotions\/blueprint-for-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLet there be peace.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably remember that old riddle from school days, \u201cWho\u2019s buried in Grant\u2019s Tomb?\u201d The right answer would be Ulysses S. Grant and his widow Julia (and their dog apparently). More particularly they\u2019re not really buried there, they\u2019re \u201centombed\u201d as a friend of mine reminded me recently on Facebook. 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