This is the grave of Miles Davis. For my money, Miles Davis is the greatest jazz musician of all time. This is hardly a novel assertion. I say this not because of his skill as a trumpter or because of
This is the future grave of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It’s also of course the grave of Martin Ginsburg, her husband and a big-time lawyer himself. But I post this to remind us all how important elect
This is the grave of Louis Armstrong. One of the greatest and most important musicians of all time, Armstrong was born in 1901 to a poor family in New Orleans. Like many poor kids, he grew up in a bro
This is the grave of William Lloyd Garrison. Born in 1805 in Newburyport, Massachusetts to dirt poor parents. His father, a sailor unemployed due to the Embargo Act of 1807, the single worst foreign p
This is the grave of Charles Sumner. Born in Boston in 1811, Sumner’s family were strong abolitionists and of course their son picked this up with passion. He graduated from Harvard in 1830 and
This is the grave of Grantland Rice. Born in 1880 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee to an elite New South family whose father was a big-time cotton dealer and whose grandfather was a general while committing
Behind these doors lies the decayed bones of Jay Gould. Unfortunately, Gould was spawned into this world in 1836. He had a terrible relationship with his parents, who eventually just dropped him off a
This is the grave of John C. Breckinridge The traitor Breckinridge was born in 1821 on his slaveholding family’s plantation. His grandfather was Attorney General under Thomas Jefferson and altho