GDG- Re: Gettysburg Digest, Vol 33, Issue 34

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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:54:53 -0500
From: "Bob McCune"  <goldmac at comcast.net>
Subject: GDG- President's Day
To: "GDG"  <gettysburg at arthes.com>
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I was in New York City this weekend and visited U.S.  Grant's Memorial on 
this cold President's day.  Thought the group might  be interested in some 
photos at the link below.  So next time you are  in a bar bet and someone 
asks "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb" - you can say  - No one since it is a 
mausoleum.
The model statue of Grant on horseback  was supposed to be a full scale 
statue out front plus additional statues  were supposed to be above the 
entrance (see empty flat blocks atop the  entrance) but they ran out of 
money.  The memorial was funded by $600K  of private donations.
The individual busts of Sherman, Ord, etc. ring the  lower chamber of the 
tomb.

Broadband recommended as file size is  >3M

http://home.comcast.net/~goldmac/USGrant.pdf


We also  visited the New York Historical Society which is showing a special 
exhibit  entitled:
NEW YORK DIVIDED: SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL  WAR
http://www.nydivided.org/

This was the second of two exhibits  dealing with Slavery in New York.  The 
first was last year.  If  you live in the NYC area I would recommend visiting 
the NYHS and this  exhibit.  Let's say that I learned a lot about NY history 
that they did  not teach me in NYC public school history class.

Regards,
Bob  McCune
(Back in Ellicott City, MD) 


Bob,
 
It has been a while since I have visited Grant's Tomb, but they have done a  
wonderful job in cleaning up the grounds of the site.  I used to avoid  going 
there, as it became a den for drug addicts etc. It's a shame more NYers  don't 
visit the site, as the last time I was there, I had the place all to  myself.
 
The exhibits at the NYHS are great, and have attended a few lectures there  
in the recent month.  They have a few more scheduled on Lincoln in the  coming 
months as well.
 
Regards from the Garden State,
 
Steve Basic
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