This is the grave of Robert Fulton. Fulton, the creator of the first commercially successful steamship, was born in Pennsylvania, managed to make friends with prominent people, and went to Europe at t
This is the grave of A. Bartlett Giamatti. Giamatti was born in 1935 and became an literature professor at Yale. In 1978, he became president of Yale, serving in that role until 1986. His tenure as pr
This is the grave of Mark Hanna. Mark Hanna was the premier Republican kingmaker of the Gilded Age. Most famous for his close association with William McKinley, Hanna became a major Cleveland business
This is the grave of Jedidiah Morse. Morse, born in 1761 in Connecticut, was an early American geographer. He was trained as a minister at Yale and held a parish in Massachusetts for over thirty years
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 thing
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 antebellum era. Born in Sout
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 i
This is the tomb of James Garfield: