GALENA, Ill. Groucho Marx used to ask, "Who's buried in Grant'sTomb?" If some irritated Illinoisans get their wish, the answerwon't be "Ulysses S. Grant."
"Unconditional Surrender" Grant, the Civil War hero and 18thU.S. president, currently is buried next to his wife, Julia, in agrandiose, thousand-square-foot mausoleum in New York City. The tombonce attracted more visitors than the Statue of Liberty, butout-of-town sightseers in Manhattan are now warned to stay away.
Maintenance of the tomb has all but unconditionally surrenderedto the rigors of urban blight. Homeless people sleep there. Drugaddicts loiter and leave behind empty crack vials. Vandalsspray-paint …
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