This is the grave of George Washington. There's one much one can say about Washington, so just a couple of points. 1) His choosing to step down from power peacefully is one of the greatest things to ever happen to the United States. As we...
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This is the grave of William Marcy. An early doughface, or northern politician who served southern masters, Marcy was a big wig in the New York Democratic Party during the.
This is the grave of Archibald MacLeish. Born in Illinois, MacLeish grew up rich, went to Harvard, served in World War I, and went to law school. But his career.
This is the grave of Lyman Beecher. Lyman Beecher was born in New Haven in 1775 and quickly became a rising star in the New England religious world as a young man. He attended Yale and and graduated in 1797, then working under the legendary...
This is the tomb of James Garfield: Garfield grew up in Ohio, raised by his widowed mother. He attended Williams College in Massachusetts, moved back to Ohio and entered politics.
This is the grave of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Muhlenberg, a son of the founder of the Lutheran Church in America, was a Pennsylvania minister and supporter of the American Revolution..
This is the grave of Ambrose Burnside Ambrose Burnside, Rhode Island's gift to the Civil War and to the history of facial hair, was born in Indiana, the son of a South Carolina planter who freed his slaves and moved north. He went to West...
This is the grave of Nathanael Greene. Nathanael Greene, Rhode Island's biggest contribution to the American Revolution, was born in 1742 in Warwick. He didn't do anything particularly unusual before.
This is the grave of John D. Rockefeller. I hardly need to explain to you all who Rockefeller was. The wealthiest man in American history in real money, the Standard.
This is the grave of Robert McNamara. This is a man who died without any blood on his hands at all. In fact, it's hard to think of an American who hurt less people than Robert McNamara. Robert McNamara is buried at Arlington National Cemetery,...
This is the grave of Eliot Ness. Ness of course is famous for his role with the U.S. Treasury Department during Prohibition. He joined the department in 1927, rising rapidly..
This is an outstanding project to categorize the grave sites of slaves, in part in hopes of saving them before they are destroyed. This.