Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
BY John Clagett Proctor

BY John Clagett Proctor
Now that President Franklin D. Roose-
cestral home in Hyde Park, N. Y, the
writer wonders Just how accessible his
burial plot is to the general public
the public that made him notable, and
even as time goes on, will feel that 1t
still has an interest in him for what
he stood for and for what he accom-
plished. and most of all, because he
was the 3lst President of the United
States, and the foremost citizen at the
time of his death. But after all, time
does unusual things, and though we to-
day know where Mr.. Roosevelt is buried,
how many people will know this hun
dred years hence?
Indeed, much is forgotten over CEN
tury. And if you doubt it. ask some one
who was President on April 8, lo4o?
MANY will not remember that 1t was
John Tyler And if this line OF questions
were pursued, and you asked where was
he buried? the chances are the answer
would be Don't know!"
President Tyler died in Richmond, Va,
January 10, 1862, and he was buried IN
that city in Hollywood Cemetery, where
a monument was erected to his memory
by the Congress of the United States.
In 1861, John Tyler went out of the
Union with his State, but before he did
so. he used his best efforts to settle the
differences between the States amlcably,
and for this purpose came to Washing
ton and served as chairman OF the
peace conference, which began meeting
at Willard Hall on February 4, 1861.
How Many Remember?
OF course, it is quite likely that 80
per cent of the people know that Gen.
George Washington is buried In his
toric Mount Vernon, on the Potomac,
and lesser percentage know where Lin
coin and Grant repose. But when we
come to John Adams, the second Chlef
Executive, quite likely very few are
aware of his resting place, which hap
pens to be beneath the Unitarian
Church of Quincy, Mass. This church
was completed about 1928 and the
Presidents body was then removed from
the vault in the cemetery nearby into
the room beneath the church And
also in Quincy. in the family burial
ground rests the body of President John
Quincy Adams.
Thomas jefferson, who died on July
4. 1926, the same day that John Adams
passed away, is inferred in the grounds
of Monticello, in Albemarle County, Va.
An obeliSk 9 feet high honors the
spot, which shows marks of vandalism.
Judging by statement made by Mr..
Jefferson, and found on a f1yleaf of an
old account book, the author OF the
Declaration of Independence preferred
a quiet out of-the-way place when he
should pass on, for this is what he wrote:
Choose some infrequented vale in the
park, where is no sound to break the
stiffness but brook that babbling, winds
among the woods-no mark of human
shape that has been there unless the
skeleton of some poor wretch who sought
that place out to despair and died in Let
1t be among ancient and venerable oaks,
interspersed some gloomy evergreens.
Appropriate one-half to the use of my
family. the other to strangers, servants,
etc. Let the exit look upon small and
distant part of the Blue Mountains"
James Madison
James Madison was buried at Mont
pelier, miles from Orange, Va. The
grave is recorded as being in the center
of a large level field, in lot about 100
feet square, surrounded by good brick
wall Four graves are here. Over one
of these rises a mound 20 feet high. A
granite obelisk bears the inscription:
Madison, born March Is, ISL" BY the
side is small shaft of white marble in
scribed: I'm memory of Dolly Payne,
wife of James Madison. Volumes might
be written of President Madison, but all
might be included in this one quotation:
"His greatest and truest fame is, Father
of the Constitution
James Monroe
James Monroe is buried in beautiful
site in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond,
Va, S feet under ground in vault of
bricks and granite. On the sarcophagus
is brass plate which reads: James
Monroe, born in Westmoreland County,
18th April, 1883, died in the city of New
York, 4th of July, 1881. BY order of the
General Assembly his remains were re-
moved to this cemetery, 5th of July
1858, as an evidence of the affection of
Virginia for her good honored SON.
John Quincy Adams
Following President Monroe. was John
Quincy Adams, before referred to, and
then came Andrew Jackson. who died at
his famous country home, the Hermit
age" near Nashville, Tenn, June 8,
1845. Here a massive monument OF
Tennessee granite marks the grave of
the general and his wife, which is kept
in good order.
Andrew Jackson
As every one probably knows, "Old
Hickory always demonstrated his sim
plicity and true democracy, and when on
April 8, 1s45, just two months prior to
his death he was asked by Capt. Jesse