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. Never got to be president, and died so young!"Thanks to the musical, he's forgotten no more.Hamilton was just 47 when he was killed in the infamous 1804 duel with Aaron Burr. He's buried in the cemetery of Trinity Church, where he owned a pew (No. 92), and where five of his eight children were baptized. His grave is marked by an elegant white marble pyramid, surrounded by four urns. Visitors leave offerings on top of
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