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On the west side of Harlem in New York City, President Ulysses Simpson Grant's tomb sits on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. The mausoleum was modeled after one of the seven wonders of the world, but has fallen into disrepair. The National Park Service says there's not enough money to fix the memorial, which is visited by 100,000 people a year. From member station WNYC, Gene Bryan Johnson reports.
Gene Bryan Johnson reporting:
The ancient tomb of King Mausolus was built in the 4th century, BC, at Halicarnassus, an area now part of Turkey. It greatly influenced the design of the mausoleum in which Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Dent are entombed. Grant's Tomb rises to 150 feet, with six enormous columns in the front. A plaque proclaiming, 'Let us have peace,' hangs over the entrance. Today the tomb's covered by grafitti with names like Love Boogie and the Jazzy. The granite is discolored from chemicals used to remove the writing, and inside paint is peeling from the ceiling.
But the shabby appearance didn't deter Greg Norman and Dale...