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Final Resting Place

John Duncan, the selected architect for Ulysses and Julia's final resting place, originally wanted to use a single sarcophogus for both remains until Julia objected to this plan saying "General Grant must have his own sarcophagus, and I my casket beside him."

A red granite from the quarries in Wisconsin were used for the sarcophagi, and Grant's sarcophagus was finished first at 8.5 tons, 10 ft. 4" long, 5 ft. 6" wide, and 4 ft. 8" deep. Both sarcophogai are standing on a 10 ft. 10" grey-blue Quincy granite.
Two red granite sarcophagi next to each other with writing on the top
Ulysses S. Grant and Julia D. Grant Sarcophagi
Two dark sarcophagi next to one another on the base layer of a white granite crypt
Birds eye view of white granite floor and surrounding walls and two dark sarcophagi on the bottom of room
View of sarcophagi from upper level of General Grant National Memorial

Last updated: July 22, 2021