Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
TOMBS OF TIVE PRESIDENTS
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The grave Of the first President. the
Father of His. Country, has been visited
by so may thousands of Americans and
foreigners that it will be of very little
interest to the majority of readers tc
peruse a desert ption of the place now.
The Mount Vernon Association has taken
good care of the first Presidents last
resting-place. Washington's remains
were deposited in their present recep-
tacle in 1897. The vault was built in
accordance with the provisions of the
Presidents will. 1t is of brick, with al
arched roof. Over the gateway, in a
marble tablet, is the simple inscription,
within this enclosure rest the remains
of Gen. George Washington. Two
collins lie in the vestibule of the vault /,
the first is that of Washington, the
other that of Martha Washington.
JOHN ADAMS.
Beneath the Unitarian Church at
Quincy, Mass, may be found the re-
mains of two American Presidents. The
church was completed in 1928, and the
body of John Adams was removed from
the family vault in the cemetery just
across the street into the room beneath
the church. John Quincy Adams body
was placed in tho same room in 1S48.
Their wives are buried with them. The
bodies lie in leaden caskets placed in
cases hewn from solid blocks of stone
The tombs are seldom visited, and the
apartment is kept dingy and dirty. In
the church room above may be found
the following inscription Beneath
these walls are deposited the mortal re
mains of John Adams, son of John and
Susanna (Boylston) Adams, second
President Of the United States. BON
$3.50 October, 1876. On the 4th OF
July, 1776, he pledged his life, fortune
and sacred honor to the independence
of his country. On the 3D. of Septem-
her, 1873, he affixed his signature to
the definative treaty with Great Britain
which acknowledged that independence,
and consummated the redemption of his
pledge On the 4th of July, 1926, he
was summoned to the Independence OF
Immortality and to the Judgment of
his God. This house will bear witness
to his piety, this town (his birthplace)
to his muniicence, history to his patri-
otism, posterity to the depth and com
posture of his mind.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
On the other side Of the pulpit is the
tablet containing the inscription to the
other Adams. 1t reads thus "Near
this place reposes all that could die OF
John Quincy Adams. son of John and
Abigail Smith Adams, sixth President
Of the United States. Born 18th July.
1867, amidst the storms of civil commo
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a Christian. Formore than malt cent
ury. whenever his country called for
his labors in either hemisphere or in any
capacity he never spared them IN her
cause. On the oath of December, 1914.
he signed the second treaty with Great
Britain, which restored peace within her
borders. On the 23d OF February. 1S4S.
he closed sixteen years of eloquent de-
Tense of the lessons of his youth by
divine 1t his post in her great National
Connect. 4 son worthy of his father.
n citizen shedding glory on his country.
n scholar ambitious to advance man
kind, this Christian sought to walk
humhly in the sight of his God. The
church itself is built of Quincy granite
and surrounded by elms and horse.
chestnuts.
JEFFERSON.
Ia a thick growth of woods, a few
hundred yards 10 the right of road
leading from Charlottesville, Va. to Mon.
ticello, may he seen the grave Of Jeffer.
son, in little inelosure with thirty
others. An obelisk nine feet high marks
the spot. The base has all been Clipped
away, and the monument looks like a
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>. O. s, 1743, died July 4, 1926, 2 is
put upon the base. Another inscription
has been almost entirely obliterated.