# How Many Dead Presidents Have You Visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749 "2014-06-27T02:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/41 "2014-06-28T16:57:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve visited death related things of: > > John Kennedy - Visited his grave and seen the car he was shot in(even broke the rules and touched the seat he was sitting in). > > Mao Zedong - he’s mostly wax at this point. It’s creepy. Nice Mausoleum, though. > > Abraham Lincoln - I’ve only seen the chair he was sitting in when shot, but pretty neat. It’s in Dearborn, Michigan if you are curious. Location: 地球 地球 = Earth. That’s cool. Hello, neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/42 "2014-06-29T21:14:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I might be the only poster who’s visited Millard Fillmore’s grave. Forest Lawn in Buffalo. I’m about 20 miles away. Never underestimate this board. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/43 "2014-06-30T03:48:04Z")
None of them were dead before I visited… ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/44 "2014-06-30T14:49:13Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Harry S Truman (at his library, kind of like Elvis at Graceland) Starting with Hoover, most of the Presidents have been or will be buried at their libraries. (Except JFK, at Arlington, and LBJ, buried in the family plot at his ranch.) Calvin Coolidge is, and probably will remain for a long time, the last President buried in an ordinary local public cemetery. You know, for all of you who visit JFK at Arlington, it’s real easy to check off Taft, who’s also at Arlington. I feel bad for Taft–his grave is like the Tomb of the Unknown President. My parents are buried in the same cemetery as Harry Caray. Harry still attracts a few pilgrims laying memorabilia at his tomb. (Cubs memorabilia only. He announced 11 years for the White Sox, but White Sox fans hate him.) ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/45 "2014-06-30T15:04:18Z")
George Washington Abraham Lincoln Vladimir Lenin Josef Stalin António Agostinho Neto Sir Winston Churchhill There are doubtless a few Kings and Queens buried in London and Paris I might have seen by accident. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/46 "2014-06-30T15:17:25Z")
Jefferson Grant Kennedy Quite a few English Kings & Queens Philip II of Macedon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/47 "2014-06-30T15:57:28Z")
I’ve seen the Kennedy and Taft graves at Arlington, as well as Lyndon Johnson’s grave at his ranch. I think that’s it for Presidents. When I was a little kid, my Dad showed me the old cemetery on Wall Street where Alexander Hamilton was buried. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/48 "2014-06-30T16:18:08Z")
I forgot- when I was 5, my family spent the summer in Tennessee, and we saw ANdrew Jackson’s tomb at the Hermitage. And my parents did take me to Hyde Park, so I saw FDR’s grave. So, I guess I’ve seen 5 Presidental graves. But NOT Grant’s Tomb, strangely enough, even though I grew up in New York City and went to Columbia University. I was within a few blocks of Grant’s Tomb all during my college years, but never went there. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/49 "2014-06-30T16:51:50Z")
Let’s see: **Presidents:** Harry Truman, Independence, MS David G. Burnet, Galveston, TX (Republic of Texas) Anson Jones, Houston, TX (Republic of Texas) I’ve driven by LBJ’s ranch, but never stopped in. **Kings and other heads of state** Napoleon Bonaparte, Les Invalides, Paris Multiple Kings of England, Westminster Abbey, London David II, James II of Scotland, Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh Multiple Czech kings - Cathedral of St. Vitus, Prague Multiple Popes, St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome Umberto I, Vittorio Emmanuele II of Italy, Pantheon, Rome. Multiple Dutch princes- Nieuwe Kirk, Delft. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/50 "2014-07-01T03:41:56Z")
Just today visited the grave of a Civil War hero of mine, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, in a Troy, N.Y. cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/51 "2014-07-01T03:57:24Z")
I forgot about Alexander Hamilton and John Diefenbaker. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/52 "2014-07-01T09:03:08Z")
Ronald Regan Richard Nixon ---
**Author:** ![franz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@franz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/franz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/53 "2014-07-01T11:57:13Z")
William McKinley Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding John F. Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/54 "2014-07-01T15:32:27Z")
Presidents: George Washington Thomas Jefferson Franklin Pierce Ulysses S. Grant Chester A. Arthur (Hi Chuck!) Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Juan Perón Also of note in US history: Alexander Hamilton Robert Fulton (also at Trinity) Robert E. Lee Lee’s horse, Traveller (Go Generals! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/55 "2014-07-01T16:01:58Z")
I was at Grant’s tomb in NYC in the 70’s and all I can remember about it is the utterly, utterly ugly yellow plastic chairs they had in the veranda at that time. They have obviously removed them since or replaced them with more tasteful outdoor furniture but at the time UG-LEEE! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/56 "2014-07-01T16:48:24Z")
Forget who specifically is buried there, but there’s a cemetery along the Freedom Trail. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/57 "2014-07-01T20:42:21Z")
Sam Adams?: [Boston - Freedom Trail: Granary Burial Ground - Samuel Ada… | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/150889885/) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/58 "2014-07-02T02:29:31Z")
Duh! Probably other recognizable names too!! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/59 "2014-07-02T16:29:10Z")
Places where I’ve seen European royalty buried: English, in Westminster Abbey French, in St. Denis Cathedral (unfortunately most of the graves were ransacked during the Revolution, and the kings were re-buried lumped together in an “ossuary”) Spanish, in the Escorial Italian, in the Pantheon (well, only two kings) Portuguese, in Batalha Monastery Luxembourg, in the basement of Notre Dame (in Luxembourg, not in Paris) Monegasque, in Monaco Cathedral Danish, in Roskilde (a really cool place, with each tomb in a different architectural style) Norwegian, in Akershus Fortress (again, only two kings) Unfortuantely I didn’t get out Delft to see the Dutch, or to Laeken for the Belgians. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749/60 "2014-07-02T20:27:40Z")
I’ve been to “the same two presidents pretty much everybody else has” - Kennedy and Taft, both at Arlington. Besides Kennedy’s, the only graves I make it a point to visit when I’m at Arlington are those from the Challenger and Columbia (they’re buried together, next to memorials for the two shuttles, near the Tomb of the Unknowns.) As for other famous people, other than the ones at Westminster Abbey, I can’t think of any. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dead-presidents-have-you-visited/691749.md?page=2)