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Lower Crypt Access Subject to Safe Conditions

Access to the lower crypt area of the Mausoleum is subject to closure during wet and or low light conditions in the late afternoon. The main floor and the two reliquary rooms remain open during these conditions.

Temporary Pause on Research and Donation Requests

Please be advised that due to staffing changes and the ongoing hiring freeze, there is a pause on research requests and donation considerations at all parks in the Manhattan Sites Unit until further notice. Please check this website and social media for updates.

Inclement Weather Closure

On January 25, 2026, General Grant National Memorial will be closed due to inclement weather. The site will reopen on Wednesday, January 28th for normal operations.

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Julia Dent Grant Bicentennial

Due to inclement weather, our Julia Dent Grant bicentennial ceremony, originally scheduled for 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, has been postponed to Sunday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. (Note the change in the start time as well as the new date.) As before, the ceremony will be an indoor event, but since the heater inside the Tomb is broken, please dress as if the event were held outdoors. Fortunately, the heater at the visitor center across the street from the Tomb is still working, and it is there that we will have cake and refreshments starting at 2 p.m., followed by the slideshow presentation on Julia Grant’s life.

Monday, January 26, 2026, marks First Lady Julia Dent Grant’s 200th birthday!

The Grant Monument Association (GMA) invites you to mark the occasion at Grant’s Tomb. An hour-long ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1 and include remarks by historian Pam Sanfilippo, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Grant descendant Ulysses Grant Dietz, and representatives of the Daughters of Union Veterans, the Sons of Union Veterans, and the GMA. The commemoration will also feature messages from America’s first ladies, period music, and the laying of wreaths. After the ceremony concludes, cake and refreshments will be provided by the GMA at the visitor center across the street from Grant’s Tomb. GMA president Frank Scaturro will follow at the visitor center with a slideshow presentation on Julia Grant’s life.

There is no charge, and all are welcome to attend.

Grant’s Tomb is located at Riverside Drive and W. 122 St. in New York City. Directions to the site are available here. Site staff can be reached at (646) 670-7251. You can reach the Grant Monument Association at (646) 504-1865.

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Julia Dent Grant’s 200th birthday is being commemorated across the country. The following are messages from living first ladies:

Laura Bush

The following are proclamations and other commemorative messages from places where Mrs. Grant lived: