Template:Did you know nominations/Grant's Tomb

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Grant's Tomb

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Grant's Tomb at dusk

• ... that no one is buried in Grant's Tomb? Source: Smith, Rosa Inocencio (July 23, 2016). "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?". The Atlantic
  • ALT1: ... that no one is buried in Grant's Tomb because the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant are placed in above-ground sarcophagi? Source: Smith, Rosa Inocencio (July 23, 2016). "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?". The Atlantic
  • ALT2: ... that the construction of Grant's Tomb in the late 19th century involved the world's largest fundraiser at the time? Source: Kahn, David (January 1980). General Grant National Memorial Historical Resource Study (PDF). Manhattan Cites. p. 113; Picone, Louis L. (2021). Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon. New York: Arcade Publishing. pp. 161-162.
  • ALT3: ... that it took five years to raise the first $155,000 for Grant's Tomb, but only two months to raise an additional $350,000? Source: "To Finish Grant's Tomb: Drygoods Men Take Hold in Earnest Committees Appointed to Canvass Various Branches of the Trade". New-York Tribune. March 22, 1892. p. 2; Kahn 1980, p. 112; Picone 2021, p. 161.
  • ALT4: ... that an estimated one million people attended the dedication of Grant's Tomb in 1897, but only 1,300 attended its rededication a century later? Source: "Parade, Ceremonies Mark Centennial of General Grant National Gravesite". New York Amsterdam News. April 26, 1997. p. 19; Picone 2021, p. 242.
  • ALT5: ... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb? Source: Harden, Blaine (April 5, 1997). "No Longer Marked For Ridicule; Grant's Tomb Given Centennial Cleaning". Washington Post.
  • ALT6: ... that the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant were almost removed from Grant's Tomb? Source: Hevesi, Dennis (October 16, 1994). "No One in Grant's Tomb Unless It's Fixed, Family Warns". The New York Times; Onishi, Norimitsu (April 28, 1997). "Ceremony at Grant's Tomb Notes Gadfly's Triumph". The New York Times
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tan See Boo

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:59, 21 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Grant's Tomb; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited: Interesting:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:02, 22 August 2023 (UTC)