Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb?

“It’s in the lexicon of society, that joke,” said David Stoughton, a park ranger at the General Grant National Memorial. “Groucho Marx on ‘You Bet Your Life’ used to say it. He’d asked the second-place contestant, ‘Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?’ It’s a trick question, because General Grant is here in the building, but technically, no one is buried here — they’re entombed in the building. They are in twin sarcophagi. And it’s Grant and his wife, Julia, so it’s a mistake to just say Grant.”