The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-22
GRAVES OF PRESIDENTS.
Where They are Located and
How They are Marked.

"here 1ney ure Located ana
How They are Marked.
Washington, D. c., Post.
The death of Gen. Grant and the
discussion which has arizen from the
selection of Riverside Park as burial
ground for his remains have awakened
interest in the places where the other
ex-Presidents of the United States
have been inferred.
The grave of Washington is, as
every American knows, at Mount
Vernon, Va. Thanks to the care Of
the Mount Vernon Association, Wash
ington's old home, and the tomb to
which his remains were removed in
1887, from the old vault in which
they had been up to that time, are in
good condition. The vault is large
and built of brick, with an arched
roof. Through an iron gate the two
sarcophagi are seen. The coffins,
which lie in the open yestibule of the
vault proper, are of Pennsylvania
marble. That Of Washington bears
an American shield the other but
two words-"Martha Washington"
Two Presidents, father and son,
sleep side by side beneath the Unita-
rian Church of Quincy, Mass. John
Adams body was first buried in the
family vault in the Quincy Cemetery,
and was transferred to its present
resting place in 1928, in Washington,
and his remains were placed by those
of his fathers a few months later,
In thick growth of woods few
hundred yards from the road leading
from Charlottesville, Va, to Monti- !
cello, is the grave of Thomas Jeffer-
son, who died on July 4, 1926. 1t is
marked by coarse granite obelisk
made after rough pen-and-ink sketch |
found in Jetferson's drawer few days |
after his death. The yandals who |
have visited the spot have Clipped
and battered the monument until from
base to apex the corners present the
appearance of rough unhewn stone.
Near the former home of James
Madison, at Montpelier, four miles
from Orange, Va, in the center of
large, level field, surrounded by a
substantial brick wall, five feet high,
are four graves. The iron gate lead
ing to the field has a plate upon it
incribed madison, 1920" Over one
OF the graves, well-defned and neat
ly-turfed mound, slender granite
oblisk rises to height Of 20 feet
from a pedestal of four pieces. 1t
bears, in large, plain, sunken letters,
this inscription madison, born
March lG, 1851" The date of death
June %, lS36-is not given.
Near the extreme southwestern
limit of Hollywood Cemetery, Rich
mond, Va, repose the remains of
James Monroe. Monroe died in this
city on July 4, 1881, and his body
was removed 81 years later to Rich
nond, under the escort of the Seventh
then commanded by Col.
Abram Duryea. The resting spot is
marked by a huge block Of polished
Virginia marble, eight feet long and
four feet square, on which rests what /
S called the sarcophagus, a granite
block nearl y as large as the pedestal, i
put wrought into the shape of an or
lnary coffin. Over and around this
'ather odd monument is fancy
iothic temple, l2 feet long, nine feet !
vide and 20 feet high, four pillars !;
esting upon a foundation of dressed /
Virginia granite and supporting a |
,eaked roof.
Eleven miles from Nashville, on the !
,retty Lebanon pike, is the Hermit
ge. Sixty rods away is the now I
lilipidated wooden house Andrew I
ackson vacated when he moved into q
lis famous dwelling. In a corner of :
he garden, eight yards from the |,
Iouse, lie the President and his wife !;
nder a massive monument of Tenn
ssee limestone Three steps lead to 4
circular area Is feet in diameter, :
rom which spring eight futed Doric : :
supporting pretty, though i
lain entablature and dome, surround h
d by an urn. In the center Of the !
latform is pyramid resting on a t
quare. On the left is stone mark i i
d, sGen. Andrew jackson. Born Z
larch 10, 1857 Died June 8, 1892 /,
Martin Van Bnrcn's bones repose
0 the crowded graveyard at Kinder .
ook, N. 7. A plain granite shaft, :
feet high, shows the tomb, On 4
ne face Of the shaft Is the inscription !, u
! black letters, Martin Van Blren, z
IIIIth President Of the United States
iorn Dec. 8, 1889. Died July "a,
s5sp Below this is tie record OF
is wife's death, and upon another q
ide is the name Of bis son. Y
William Henry Harrison, the great 2
Yhig chieftain, who occupied tie 4
hief Magistrates chair for month
by, vas buried BY the side Of bis
ife and children in plain brick "a
ault on the summit Of d hillocl at ii
Iorth Bend, Ohio. A fat stone at u
q height Of about two and half feet a