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General Grant National Memorial (23.2 miles)
National Park in New York City, NY USA
National Memorial This memorial to Ulysses S. Grant, victorious Union commander of the Civil War, includes the tomb of General Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant.
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Governors Island National Monument (23.2 miles)
National Park in New York City, NY USA
National Monument Governors Island is a 172-acre island located a half-mile from the southern tip of Manhattan in New York harbor. Its name comes the time when New York was a British colony and the colonial assembly reserved the island for the exclusive use of New York's royal governors.
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Hamilton Grange National Memorial (23.2 miles)
National Park in New York City, NY USA
National Memorial Hamilton Grange National Memorial, located at 287 Convent Avenue, preserves the home of founding father Alexander Hamilton. Born and raised in the West Indies, Hamilton came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study finance at King's College (now Columbia University).
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Manhattan Sites (23.2 miles)
National Park in New York City, NY USA
National Park Manhattan Sites is a unique urban park that consists of six separate sites representing the Seventeenth through the Twentieth Centuries.
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Castle Clinton National Monument (23.3 miles)
National Park in New York City, NY USA
National Monument More than a dozen forts were built to defend New York Harbor at the time of the War of 1812. The Southwest Battery was constructed on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island between 1808 and 1811.
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