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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 563

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 13, 2019

This is the grave of Earl Warren. Born in 1891 in Los Angeles, Warren grew up in Bakersfield, son of a poor family. His father worked on the railroad. But he managed to go to college at the University of California in Berkeley. While there, he became politically active, interested in the Progressive movement. California […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 562

By Erik Loomis

On October 10, 2019

This is the grave of Gilbert Grosvenor. Grosvenor was born in 1875 in Constantinople to teacher parents. His father Edwin was a fairly well-known historian who worked at Robert College there, which st

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 561

By Erik Loomis

On October 9, 2019

This is the grave of States Rights Gist. Yes friends, you read that right. This man was named States Rights Gist. See, he was born in 1831 in Union, South Carolina to a family that were southern extre

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 560

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 8, 2019

This is the grave of Josephus Daniels. Born in 1862 in Washington, North Carolina, Daniels grew up without a father. He was killed in the Civil War, but as these things sometimes went, he was a Unionist and was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter as he was escaping Washington. I don’t know whether Daniels’ father […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 559

By Erik Loomis

On October 7, 2019

This is the grave of Frank Woolworth and Barbara Hutton. Born in 1852, Frank Winfield Woolworth grew up in an abolitionist home in upstate New York. In fact, his younger brother was named Charles Sumn

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 558

By Erik Loomis

On October 2, 2019

This is the grave of Mike Mansfield. Born in Brooklyn in 1903, Mansfield grew up in Montana. That’s because his mother died when he was 3 and his father didn’t think he could raise the kid

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 557

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 1, 2019

This is the grave of the execrable Richard Olney. Born in 1835 to a rich family in Oxford, Massachusetts, Olney dedicated his life to serving the needs of fellow rich guys like himself. His father was a textile mill owner and banker. The wormy mushy apple didn’t fall from the tree of poison with this […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 556

By Erik Loomis

On September 30, 2019

This is the grave of Alfred Wagenknecht. Born in 1881 in Görlitz, Germany, Wagenknecht immigrated to the United States with his family in 1884. He grew up in Cleveland, the son of a shoemaker. As a y

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 555

By Erik Loomis

On September 29, 2019

This is the grave of George Westinghouse. Born in 1846 in Central Bridge, New York, Westinghouse volunteered for the Civil War when he was just 15, against his parents wishes. They convinced him to re

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 554

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 28, 2019

This is the grave of William Z. Foster Born in 1881 in Taunton, Massachusetts, Foster grew up in a politically active family. His father was an exile, a Fenian who had fled County Carlow after the suppression of the Fenian Rebellion. This spirit was passed down to his son. The family has an astounding 23 […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 553

By Erik Loomis

On September 26, 2019

This is the grave of Sojourner Truth. Ignore the ridiculous myth on the grave marker that Sojourner Truth was 105 when she died. She probably born in 1797 into slavery in Ulster County, New York. That

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 552

By Erik Loomis

On September 25, 2019

This is the grave of John Adams. As with Jefferson the other day, I’m not sure that it is really necessary to provide an entire biography of John Adams, much of which has become pretty well-know

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