This is the grave of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Born in 1888 in Aachen, Germany to a stone carver, Mies, as he was known to everyone, took that tradition.
This is the grave of Tom McCall. Born in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1913 to a wealthy family who also had a big ranch in central Oregon, McCall fell in love.
This is the grave of Lane Kirkland. Born in 1922 in Camden, South Carolina, Kirkland entered the Merchant Marine Academy in 1942 and served as a deck officer on merchant.
This is the grave of James Monroe. Born in 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia to a middling family, unlike most of the Virginia elite that would so dominate the post-Revolution.
This is the grave of the Boston Massacre dead. So here's the thing about the Boston Massacre: it's one of these super-patriotic moments when our ancestors stood up to those.
This is the grave of George Halas. Born in 1895 to Bohemian immigrants in Chicago, Halas was a sports phenom, playing baseball, football, and basketball at the University of Illinois.
This is the grave of Terence Powderly. Born in 1849 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the 11th child of Irish parents, Powderly lived the childhood of the Irish-American poor. He got sick.
This is the grave of Melville Fuller. Arguably the worst Supreme Court justice of all time, Fuller was born in Augusta, Maine in 1833. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1853,.
