This is the grave of C.W. Post. Born in 1854 in Springfield, Illinois, Charles William Post ended up at what became the University of Illinois after he finished high school,.
This is the grave of Arthur Fiedler. Born in 1894 in Boston, Fiedler grew up the son of Jewish immigrants from Austria who were musicians. His father was a violinist.
This is the grave of Isaac Hull. Born in 1773 in Derby, Connecticut, Hull grew up on the water. His father was a ship captain trading in the West Indies.
This is the grave of William Duane, Jr. Born in 1780 in Clonmel County, Ireland, Duane immigrated with his parents to Philadelphia in 1796. His father, the radical Jeffersonian newspaper.
This is the grave of Jay Cooke. Born in 1821 in Sandusky, Ohio, Cooke grew up in a strong Whig household. His father was a Ohio state legislator and served.
This is the grave of Lou Gehrig. Born in 1903 in Manhattan, Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig was the son of German immigrants. His father was a drunk sheet-metal worker who sometimes.
This is the grave of John Corridan. Born in 1911 in Harlem, Corridan grew up poor. His father was an Irish-American cop, but he died shortly after John was born..
I've talked about the sad state of historical Black cemeteries before, including when I visited Maggie Walker's grave and also Arthur Ashe's grave. There are however people working hard to.
