Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-02-20
TIE NATIONS DEAD.

In LnlS country theTS Is Ho nd-
tional cemetery of preemlnence. The
dead presidents are nearly all bu
ried in the neishborhood Of homes
which they occupied in life. There
is no Valhaila, no Westminster Ab-
hey, no public ground belonging to
the nation. The presidents went,
in the end, to the citizenship that
they sprung from, to the equality
of final repose.
Washington's tomb is a brick
vault at Mount Vernon, Va, one of
the worlds noted shrines.
John Adams is buried in a vault
beneath the Unitarian Church at
Quincy, Mass, as also the remains
If his son, President John Quincy
Adams. The cuffins are of lead,
placed in cases hewn from solid
blocks OF granite. Their wives are
buried with them.
Thomas Jefferson lies in a little
enclosure containing some thirty
graves, among the woods on the
road that leads from Charlottesville
TO Monticello, Va. A granite obe
iisk. much Clipped 10y relic-takers
marks the grave.
John Madison rests in beautl
full spot on the old Madison estate
near bis home in Montpelier, Va
Above the body is a huge block o
polished Virginia marble, support
ing coffin shaped block Of granite
on which are brass plates, suitabl
inscribed, surrounded by gothi
temple.
Andrew Jackson is buried in tn
garden of the Hermitage, sleve
miles fron Nash vile, Tenn. Hi
wife is beside hiln.~ The tomb is
massive monument of Tennesse
granite, eighteen feet III diamete
surrounded by futed columns an
surmounted 10y sn urn.
Martin VanBuren lies in the vi
lage cemetery at Kinderhook,
!. Y, in the family lot. His restir
. place is marked by modest shaft
!; William Henry Harrison slee
E at his home at North Bend, on Il
!. Ohio river, fsw miles from Cinci
!. natl, Ohio, in family vault.
8 John Tyler rests within ten var
:. Of James Monroe. in Holly ywo
5. cemetery, Richmond, Va. B
* grave is surrounded with magno
10 trees.
IS IS James K. Polk lies in thepriva
70 garden of the family homestead
J Nashville, Tenn The grave
- marked by ~ limestone monune
- with Dcric columns. A bio
- twelve feet square by twelve
height bears inscriptions,
Zachary Taylor is buried in Ca
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, k
lucky.
Millard Fillmore reposes in
P beautiful Forest Lawn Cemetery
- Buffalo, N. Y, and his grave
surmounted 10y a lofty shaft
Franklin Pierce sleeps in
Concord, N. H., cemetery, and
grave is marked by marble mo
ment.
James Buchanan reposes In
AL Woodward Hill cemetery at L
caster, Pennsylvania, in vaul
masonry The monument is c
posed Of a simple block of Ita
:, marble.
- Abraham Lincoln rests in
most magnificent of all the me
tlst rials to the dead presidents, in
fb' tb Oak Ridge cemetery at Sprinsfi
| at ILL.,, enclosed in sarcophagus
ing white marble. The monumen'
or of marble, erarite and bronze.
y Andrew johnson lieA On c.
shaped eminence half mile f
- Graeneville, Tenn, spot sele
4 hy hlmself. The handsome m'
; ment of marble and granite b
ot numerous patriotic emblens, "
Jtr. ~ the inscription declares "His
L. in the people never wavered."
pat James A. Garfield, the latest
rem Of the eighteen presidents who
- ..yi " passed away, is buried in Lake
4lsss cemetery at Cleveland, Ohio.