This is the grave of Lou Gorman. Born in 1929 in Providence, Rhode Island, Gorman was a huge baseball fan. He played high school ball at La Salle Academy, the city's most prominent Catholic school. In fact, his given name was James but he was...
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This is the sign memorializing the unmarked graves of the Native chiefs who died in Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793. You can read the sign so I don't need.
This is the grave of Saul Yanofsky. Born in Russia in 1864, Yanofsky (sometimes spelled Yanovsky) is primarily known today for being the editor of Yiddish-language anarchist newspapers in New.
This is the grave of John Brophy. Born in 1883 in Lancashire, England, Brophy grew up in the coal mining world. His family emigrated to the United States in 1892 to take up mining in Pennsylvania. The family moved to Phillipsburg, near Clearfield. Soon after,...
This is the grave of Irving Berlin. Born in 1888 in what is today Belarus (or possibly Siberia, there is some dispute on this), Israel Berlin immigrated in 1893 with.
This is the grave of Philip Roth. Born in 1933 in Newark, Roth's childhood is fairly well known because he drew on it so extensively in his books. He grew.
This is the grave of William Graham Sumner. Born in 1840 in Paterson, New Jersey, Sumner grew up mostly in Hartford. He went to the public schools there and then onto Yale, graduating in 1863. His father had grown wealthy over the years. Sumner avoided...
This is the grave of Jonathan Daniels. Born in 1939 in Keene, New Hampshire, Daniels was a young man moved by duty. He grew up Congregationalist but while he went.
This is the grave of Mario Cuomo. Born in 1932 in Queens, Cuomo grew up there. His father was an Italian immigrant who cleaned sewers in New Jersey. Not exactly.
This is the grave of Daniel Berrigan. Born in 1921 in Virginia, Minnesota, Berrigan and his siblings, including his little brother Philip, grew up in a strong Catholic and union household. The family moved east to Syracuse in 1926. A physically weak boy who did...
This is the grave of Ebenezer Hill. Born in 1845 in Redding, Connecticut, Hill grew up in a reformist household. His father was a minister and part of the growing.
This is the grave of Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Born in 1835 to Boston, Adams grew up in America's most elite family. Of course, his great-grandfather was John Adams, his.