Grant's Tomb offered a special evening program. Visitors were able to meet a Park Ranger for an afterhours visit by candlelight deep into the mausoleum's underground crypt.
The National Park Service observed Memorial Day with its annual "Walk of Remembrance" from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to General Grant National Memorial.
The National Park Service celebrated the 187th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant.
Did You Know?
Although it gave the United States a national anthem, there is no evidence that any of Fort McHenry's defenders were killed by a Congreve rocket during the battle even though around 700 were fired.