Whom You Know: General Grant National Memorial announces change of hours

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

General Grant National Memorial announces change of hours

The National Park Service is announcing a reduction in the days General Grant National Memorial (“Grant’s Tomb”) will be open to the public. Currently the mausoleum and the nearby visitor center are open seven days a week. In order to insure a quality visitor experience, the National Park Service will reduce the days the site is open to five, closing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Rather than provide an inadequate visitor experience with a reduced staff, the National Park Service is reducing the number of days the site is open. The site will be fully staffed and all visitor services will be available on the days the site is open to the public.

“It is regrettable this step is necessary,” said Superintendent Shirley McKinney, “but in order to insure a quality visitor experience at President Grant’s final resting place, we determined that closing on the days the site is least visited will allow us to better use the resources available to us to serve the public on days with higher visitation.”

Beginning October 2, the General Grant National Memorial visitor center will be open Thursday – Monday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Self-guided tours of the mausoleum (“Tomb”) will be available Thursday - Monday at 10:00-11:00 a.m., Noon-1:00 p.m, 2:00-3:00 p.m. and 4:00-5:00 p.m. Free talks will be available to the public at the visitor center, Thursday - Monday at 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. The site is closed every Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November) and Christmas Day (December 25). Guided tours for school groups on Thursday and Friday are available with a reservation. Educators should visit http://www.nps.gov/gegr/forteachers/planafieldtrip.htm for information on requesting a reservation. Grant's Tomb may close in cases of inclement weather, such as severe snow storms. Please call (212) 666-1640 to verify the opening hours of the site.

About General Grant National Monument

This memorial to Ulysses S. Grant, victorious Union commander of the Civil War, includes the tomb of General Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. Following his death, approximately 90,000 people from around the country and the world donated a total of more than $600,000 towards construction of his tomb, the largest public fundraising effort ever at that time. Designed by architect John Duncan, the granite and marble structure was completed in 1897 and remains the largest mausoleum in North America.

How to Get There: General Grant National Memorial is located at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan. #1 trains stop at West 116th St. Station at Broadway. Walk six blocks north, and two blocks west. To get there by bus, take the M-5 route.

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