This is the grave of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. The parents of FDR, James and Sara Roosevelt were landed elite in Hyde Park, New York, part of the Dutch class of old money that still played a major role in the region. James...
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This is the grave of Samuel Flagg Bemis. Born in 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Bemis graduated from Clark University in 1912 and then got a Ph.D. in History from Harvard.
This is the grave of Henry James. Born in 1843 to old New York money, Henry grew up in luxury. He and his family, which of course included his brother,.
This is the grave of Ted Kennedy. It's hardly necessary here to provide the details of Ted Kennedy's life. After all, he was a seminal figure of American politics for nearly a half-century. But just a few points. 1) Perhaps the greatest tragedy of Kennedy's...
This is the graveyard at Jamestown Colony. Jamestown was a complete disaster in its early years. See, all the European colonial incursions faced a problem: there wasn't very many of.
This is the grave of Jonathan Edwards. Born in 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut to a minister and the daughter of another minister, Edwards grew up in a family deeply.
This is the grave of the vile traitor Albert Sidney Johnston. Born in 1803 in Washington, Kentucky, he was educated first at Transylvania University in Lexington and then at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point. He was at both places the same time as...
This is the grave of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Where to even start with one of the most complicated people in American history? I guess I will just make a few.
This is the grave of Harry Orchard. Born Albert Horsley in 1866 in Ontario, the future Orchard was a rounder and a thug. He married and started a cheesemaking business,.
This is the grave of George Gallup. Born in 1901 to an Iowa dairy farmer and his wife, the young Gallup was ambitious and hard-working. He had to deliver his father's milk, but he saved up his money to start a newspaper at his high...
This is the grave of Mary Custis Lee. Born in 1807, Mary Custis was born into the highest ranking of the Virginia elite. She was Martha Washington's great-granddaughter after all..
This is the grave of Isadora Duncan. Born in 1877 in San Francisco, Duncan grew up very poor. Her father was initially well off, but got busted for some sort.