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Lanternlight Victorian Mourning Tours

  • Ulysses S. Grant State Historic Site 1000 Mount McGregor Road Wilton, NY, 12831 United States (map)

*Gates re-open at 5:00pm. Tours START at 5:30pm, 6:00pm, and 6:30pm.

Registered guests ONLY (no site visitors).

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Experience Grant Cottage by evening lanternlight as it was in 1885, just after the death of Ulysses S. Grant. Encounter members of the Grant family in mourning as your tour guide discusses Victorian mourning and funerary practices. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a world where a family and a nation are processing the loss of a great figure.

Each Tour is limited to 10 individuals. $15 flat-rate fee. 

Tours will be 30 minutes long and concentrate on the events after the death of U.S. Grant in 1885 (mourning customs, embalming, funeral preparations/decorations, etc.). Non-costumed guides will lead the tours through the Cottage amongst costumed characters representing the Grant family.

Earlier Event: October 31
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A visit to Grant’s Cottage

“Excellent guides who enrich the experience and help you to learn and understand what President /General Grant was going through in the weeks before his passing. History is ever present in our day to day life and it is more so when we get a chance to see it up close and personal. Grant's Cottage is one such place. Beautiful day on the mountain, JFK said" A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers". Grant is a man to honor and remember. So much history to explore and see in up state New York, stop by and experience Grant's Cottage.”

-Catherine F, TripAdvisor Sep 2025

Ulysses S. Grant Cottage
1000 Mt. McGregor Rd.
Wilton, NY 12831

Mailing Address:
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage
PO Box 2294
Wilton, NY 12831
(518) 584-4353     info@grantcottage.org
 

The Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which manages the daily operations & programming at Grant Cottage. Your generous support helps us keep history alive as we tell the story of Ulysses S. Grant's time on Mt. McGregor.