The story took place more than two hundred years ago in 1797. This year, when the little owner of this land was only 5 years old, he accidentally fell from the cliff here and died. His father was so heartbroken that he buried him here and built a small mausoleum as a memorial. A few years later, the family declined and the old owner had to transfer the land. Out of love for his son, he made a strange request to the subsequent land owners: the new owner must regard the child's mausoleum as part of the land and never destroy it. The new owner agreed and included this clause in the deed. In this way, the child's tomb was preserved.
The sun and the moon flew by, and a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. I don’t know how many times this land has been sold and resold, and I don’t know how many owners it has changed. The child’s name has long been forgotten by the world, but the child’s mausoleum is still there. It is preserved intact according to the sales contract. Come down. By 1897, this geomantic treasure was selected as the General Grant Cemetery. The government became the owner of the land, and the unknown child's grave remained intact in government hands, becoming a neighbor of General Grant's mausoleum. The tomb of a great American history maker, adjacent to the grave of an unknown child, may be a unique spectacle in the world. Agree
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Report| 2012-5- 19 23:58 Wind Whispering | Level 2
In the north of New York's Riverside Park, there is a mausoleum where the 18th President of the United States, General Grant, who served as commander of the Northern Army during the Civil War, is buried. The mausoleum is tall and majestic, solemn and simple. Behind the mausoleum is a large green lawn that stretches to the boundary of the park and to the edge of the steep cliff.
Behind General Grant's mausoleum, closer to the cliff, there is a child's mausoleum. Like most American mausoleums, it only has a small tombstone.
It was a very small and ordinary mausoleum. In any other place, people might ignore its existence. But the tombstone and a wooden sign next to it record a touching story passed down through life:
In 1979, when the little owner of this land was only 5 years old, he accidentally He fell to his death on the cliff here. His father was so grief-stricken that he buried him here and built such a small mausoleum as a memorial. A few years later, the family declined and the old owner had to transfer the land.
But out of love for his son, the old owner made a special request to the new owner of the land in the future, that is, he asked the new owner never to destroy the child's mausoleum and let the child rest in peace. The new owner solemnly agreed and wrote this condition into the contract and has always abided by it.
In the vicissitudes of life, the world has changed. I don’t know how many times this land has been resold, and I don’t know how many new owners it has had. Even the name of the child has long been forgotten by the world, but according to another story. A sales contract, the child's tomb has been preserved intact.
One hundred years later, in 1897, this geomantic treasure was selected as General Grant’s cemetery. The government became the owner of the land.
The mausoleum of the unknown child is still intact in the hands of the government and has become a neighbor of General Grant's mausoleum.
The great historical Tomb of the Giants and the Tomb of the Unknown Child are located next to each other.
Another hundred years have passed, and in 1997, it is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of General Grant's mausoleum and the 200th anniversary of the child's death.
In memory of General Orange, the then New York City Mayor Giuliani came here. He also did something that is praised by everyone, that is, he wrote this touching story himself, engraved it on a wooden plaque, and erected it next to the unknown child's tomb.
Soul Walk
The story of a descendant preserving the tomb of an unknown child for a contract is touching.
However, if you think about it carefully, the reason why this child's tomb can be preserved is actually supported by love.
If the most unfathomable thing in the world is the human heart, then love is the core of the human heart. Only because of love and humanity can people be called human beings!