The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-26
NO PRESIDENT BURIED
IN WASHINGTON
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The strangest thing. perhaps, in the
history Of Washington is that not one
of the dead presidents Of the repubIi.
rs buried here. Several Of the generals
and naval commanders Of the countr-y's
wars rest at Arlington or in other
cemeteries in or near Washington. bur
the bones Of the presidents lie in burial
places scattered from Vermont to Vir-
ginid, and from Massachusetts to Illi-
nols The majority Of them sleep in
town or city cemeteries near the homes
from which they came 10 the White
House. The fact that none of the
Jombs Of the presidents is in Washing
ton IS applicable when IT is considered
that none Of them has made his home
IN Washington after going out of office.
lhey nave invariably retired to their
former MONIES or TO some city in the
states. where their remaining days
were spent.
Another strange fact is that only
TWO cemeteries hold the bodies Of more
than one of the presidents. John
Adams and John Quincy Adams both
lie in the Congregational burying
ground In Quincy. Mass, and Tyler
ana Monroe lie in Hollywood cemetery
IN Richmond. Five Of the presidents
were buried In Virginia. four each in
ohio and New York, three in Tennes-
see, two In Massachusetts and one each
IN New Hampshire Kentucky, Penn
sylvanta, Indiana and Illinois
Even the presidents who died in Of
fee were buried elsewhere. Harrison
and Tyler both died in the White
Rouse, Lincoln in a plain brick house
IN Tenth street northwest. Garfield
died al ElberOn. n. j., and Mckinley
in Buffalo. The body Of President viii
liam Henry Harrison was temporarily
on bod in
moved later to North Bend, O.
The body Of Washington lies in a spe-
cially constructed tomb a. Mount YER
non. Thomas jefferson was also buried
on his estate at Monticello Va. A small
cemetery i'm Montpelier Va. is the rest
ing place Of James Madison. A few
years ago il was reported that the
grave Of James Monroe. the man who
enunciated a great diplomatic principle
TO guide the affairs of the western
hemisphere. had fallen into neglect and
was well-nigh forgotten, but it has
since been given the care IL deserves.
Andrew Jackson died at his home,
known as the Hermitage" near Nash
Vile. Tenn. and was buried on the
estate. James X Polk lived only a
short time after retiring from the pres
idency. in Nashville. and his body
rested in the front yard Of his home in
that city until a few years ago, when
1t was reinterred in the Tennessee cap
itol grounds. Van Buren, died at Kin
derhook, N. Y, an6 was buried in the
old Dutch burying ground there VII
liam II. Harrison died only a month
after being inaugurated. and, is stated,
was buried at North Bend. o.. where
the state a few years after his death
erected a monument in his honor.
President Tyler died I'm a Richmond
hotel when a member of the Confed-
crate congress, and was buried near
the grave of Monroe IN Hollywood
cemetery General Zachary Taylor died
at the White House and his body was
placed i'm a vault in Washington for a
time, from which it was removed to
Springfield. five miles from Louisville.
Ky. The body Of Willard Fillmore lies
in Buffalo cemetery, in which city he
died
The body Of Franklin Pierce lies at
Concord. n. H.. and that Of James Blu
chanan at Lancaster. Pa. Lincoln died
few hours after being shot in Ford :
theatre in a house on the opposite side
of Tenth street and his body was car
ried i'm a funeral train to Springfield,
Ills. where it lies in Oak Ridge ceme-
terry Andrew Johnson was buried at
Greenville, Tenn, and in accordance
with his own request his body was
wrapped in the United States flag.
General Grant died on Mount MCGTeg-
or. n. Y, and his body lies in a splen-
did tomb in Riverside park, New York
City. President Hayes was buried at
Fremont .. Garfield's body was
placed in a tomb constructed for the
purpose in Lake View cemetery. near
Cleveland. 0. Chester A. Arthur sleeps
at Albany, n. Y. Benjamin Harrison
died at his home in Indianapolis and
was buried in that city, and William
Mckinley the third of the martyred
presidents. lies at Canton. o.
Nothing speaks more emphatiCally Of
the democracy Of America than the
facts here narrated relative to the dis
Jinguished citizens who have occupied
the highest Office in the gift Of the
people. In every instance they have
retired to the same citizenship from
which they came, and their graves are
with those Of the people. and not in any
national abbey or parthenOn to give
their resting places the pomp Of arts
tocracy.