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'Hamilton' Fans Pilgrimage To Founding Father's Once-Forgotten Grave

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Tucked amid the tumult of Lower Manhattan's Financial District, right across from a factory-outlet shoe store promising "probably" the lowest prices in the city, you'll find Alexander Hamilton's grave. With the explosive popularity of the Broadway musical Hamilton, that grave is seeing a surge of new fans coming to pay respects to the Founding Father.

Lillian Hasko has seen the musical twice, bought the soundtrack, and felt compelled to make the pilgrimage downtown.

"I wanted to see him and pay homage to him," she says, "because he is a forgotten founding father, I think.


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