James A. Garfield's Grave - Cleveland, OH
James A. Garfield's grave at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH on 9/12/2008.
James Garfield Grave + Home
20th US Presidents Grave and Home. Grave is located in Cleveland, Ohio right next to the Rockefeller family! Home is located in Mentor, Ohio about 20 minutes from Cleveland!
President James A. Garfield's Crypt
A quick trip to visit a presidents crypt located in clevevlandOhio.
Visiting the James A. Garfield Home
Friends of James A. Garfield National Historic Site
A partnership between citizens and the James A. Garfield National Historic Site is forming to promote the national park right here in Mentor, Ohio.
Garfield house
A tour of President James Garfield's home in Mentor Ohio with his living relatives.
President Garfield Boyhood Home being visited by my granddaughter , Torchy Smith
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Chester A Arthur Birthplace + Home
Birthplace is located very close to Canada in Fairfield, Vermont on a dirt road and his home, in which he died, is in New York City!
The McKinley Monument May 3rd 2014
The McKinley Monument, a landmark in the City of Canton, is the final resting place for the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Residents of Canton pass by the Monument or run up and down the 108 steps everyday. Traveling on Interstate 77, the Monument towers above the trees. But some may wonder: Why is such a magnificent building in Canton? The answer is quite simple. William McKinley was and is Canton's favorite son. While the President was born in Niles, Ohio, he called Canton home. After his death, it was fitting that the President be laid to rest in the city where his career began, the place where he found his true love and ran for the highest office in the land.
On September 16, 1901 the funeral train left Buffalo, New York for Washington, D.C. Following services at the United States Capitol, the President's body was placed back on the train for his final trip to Canton. On September 19 President McKinley's body was interred at the Werts Receiving Vault in Canton's West Lawn Cemetery.
After the services, several of the President's closest advisors, including William R. Day and Ohio Senator Marcus Hanna, met to discuss the location of a proper memorial to serve as a final resting place. The site chosen was often visited by McKinley. At one time, he even had suggested that a monument to soldiers and sailors from Stark County be placed there.
On September 26, 1901 the McKinley National Memorial Association was formed and President Theodore Roosevelt named the original Board of Trustees. The first order of business was to purchase the site, owned at the time by the West Lawn Cemetery. By October 10, the Association issued a public appeal for $600,000 in contributions for the construction project. Ohio Governor George K. Nash supported the effort by proclaiming McKinley's birthday in 1902 a special day of observance by the state's schools. Large numbers of school children contributed to the memorial fund, and the Association was able to purchase the proposed site.
Construction of the memorial began on June 6, 1905 when Mr. Magonigle removed the first shovel of soil from the site. ByNovember 16 the cornerstone was laid in an official ceremony attended by Mrs. McKinley and other family members.
The interior dome measures 50 feet in diameter and is 77 feet from the floor to the highest point. At the top of the dome is a red, white and blue skylight. The skylight has 45 stars in its design representing the 45 states in the Union at the time of President McKinley's death. The skylight was part of the original design, but for some reason was never installed. There was a clear glass skylight in its place. Using Magonigle's plans, and the Canton glass specialists White Associates, the 12-foot diameter skylight was installed during a restoration project in 1976.
By September 1907 the Monument and the 26 acres surrounding it were finished. Nine states had contributed material for the memorial. Ohio supplied the concrete, all of the brick, and much of the labor. Massachusetts provided the exterior granite and Tennessee the marble walls and pedestal and part of the marble floor. New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Illinois and Rhode Island also contributed material for the project.
After the dedication the McKinley National Memorial Association continued to administer the site. Eventually, it became difficult for the Association to maintain the structure and the grounds. In early 1941 the federal government was approached about taking over the site. With war underway in Europe, it was clear that the United States might become involved and the government did not want to take on additional financial responsibilities. In 1943, the property was transferred to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, today known as the Ohio Historical Society. In 1951 on the 50th anniversary of McKinley's death the memorial was rededicated by the state.
The memorial returned to local control in 1973 when the property was transferred to the Stark County Historical Society, owners and operators of the Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum. On September 29, 1992, after years of restoration work and enhancement of the grounds the McKinley National Memorial was rededicated yet again. This rededication recognized the partnership undertaken by the Federal Government, local foundations and private citizens to honor the memory of President William McKinley.
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Jody visits Calvin Coolidge's house
the presidential grave project presents James K Polk
the presidential grave project presents James K Polk
HISTORICAL PLACES OF OHIO STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH PART ONE ( 1/2 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF OHIO STATE,U S A PART ONE (1/2)
1. CINCINNATI MUSEUM,CINCINNATI 39° 6'34.85N 84°32'12.72W
2. HINDU(SHIVA&VISHNU) TEMPLE,CLEVELAND 41°21'21.41N 81°44'0.25W
3. MONUMENT,HAMILTON 39°24'2.49N 84°33'53.51W
4. AEROPLANE BUILDINGS,PARMA 41°22'48.76N 81°43'37.08W
5. FORT MEIGS,PERRYSBURG 41°33'10.12N 83°39'4.18W
6. ST.JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,PARMA 41°24'12.79N 81°41'35.34W
7. KINGS ISLAND,MASON 39°20'31.56N 84°15'59.72W
8. SAINT SAVA CHURCH,CLEVELAND 41°20'25.00N 81°41'44.99W
9. OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY,COLUMBUS 40° 0'17.89N 82°59'13.76W
10. GIANT RUBBER STAMP,CLEVELAND 41°30'19.54N 81°41'32.74W
11. US AIR FORCE MUSEUM,DAYTON 39°46'57.39N 84° 6'29.28W
12. GARFIELD TOMB,CLEAVELAND 41°30'36.18N 81°35'28.83W
13. ST.MARY CATHEDRAL,REYNOLDSBURG 39°58'39.31N 82°47'30.72W
14. FIRE FIGHTERS MEMORIAL,CLEVELAND 41°30'22.85N 81°41'50.20W
15. SERPENT MOUND,PEEBLES 39° 1'32.90N 83°25'50.11W
16. MUSEUM OF ART,CLEVELAND 41°30'32.61N 81°36'42.16W
17. ST.FRANCIS CHURCH,CINCINNATI 39° 6'47.57N 84°30'59.31W
18. ROCK & ROLL HALL & MUSEUM,CLEVELAND 41°30'31.20N 81°41'42.46W
19. MCKINLEY NATIONAL MEMORIAL,CANTON 40°48'23.63N 81°23'32.96W
20. KIRTLAND TEMPLE,KIRTLAND 41°37'31.04N 81°21'44.01W
21. ROSARY CATHEDRAL,TOLEDO 41°40'21.13N 83°33'21.94W
22. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH,CLEVELAND 41°30'2.99N 81°40'2.48W
23. LDS TEMPLE,COLUMBUS 39°59'38.57N 83° 6'47.49W
Behind the Scenes at James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Episode 12
In this video Volunteer Diane takes on a spider-oriented tour of President James A. Garfield's home. No - not live spiders. Spider art and spider imagery! Why are there so many arachnid images through the President's home? Watch and learn!
monument hill burial site of Andrew Johnson 17th President
Sorry for a lot of wind noise..one day I'll go back and get a better video on a clear day..I suck at video taping
Theodore Roosevelt Burial Site
Theodore Roosevelt is buried close to his home Sagamore Hill in historic Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Oyster Bay, L I.
The Polk Tomb
This video is part of the Tennessee State Capitol: Grounded in Tradition video documentary project, initiated by the Tennessee General Assembly and produced by the Secretary of State's Office, chronicling the history of this extraordinary building. Copies of the documentary were distributed to school districts in Tennessee's 95 counties, and are also available online along with supplementary educational content. Click the following link to learn more about this project: capitol.tnsos.net.
William McKinley's Grave - Canton, OH
William McKinley's grave at the McKinley National Memorial and Museum in Canton, OH on 9/11/2008.
Andrew Jackson Grave + Home
7th US Presidents Grave and Home in Nashville, TN. Statues are on the side of the State Capital in Nashville and one behind the White House in Washington D.C!
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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later. Garfield had served nine terms in the House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his candidacy for the White House, though he declined the Senate seat once elected president. He was the first sitting member of Congress to be elected to the presidency, and remains the only sitting House member to gain the White House.Garfield was raised by his widowed mother in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm. He worked at various jobs, including on a canal boat, in his youth. Beginning at age 17, he attended several Ohio schools, then studied at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, graduating in 1856. A year later, Garfield entered politics as a Republican. He married Lucretia Rudolph in 1858, and served as a member of the Ohio State Senate (1859–1861). Garfield opposed Confederate secession, served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. He was first elected to Congress in 1862 to represent Ohio's 19th District. Throughout Garfield's extended congressional service after the Civil War, he firmly supported the gold standard and gained a reputation as a skilled orator. Garfield initially agreed with Radical Republican views regarding Reconstruction, but later favored a moderate approach for civil rights enforcement for freedmen.
At the 1880 Republican National Convention, Senator-elect Garfield attended as campaign manager for Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman, and gave the presidential nomination speech for him. When neither Sherman nor his rivals – Ulysses S. Grant and James G. Blaine – could get enough votes to secure the nomination, delegates chose Garfield as a compromise on the 36th ballot. In the 1880 presidential election, Garfield conducted a low-key front porch campaign, and narrowly defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock.
Garfield's accomplishments as president included a resurgence of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments, energizing American naval power, and purging corruption in the Post Office, all during his extremely short time in office. Garfield made notable diplomatic and judicial appointments, including a U.S. Supreme Court justice. He enhanced the powers of the presidency when he defied the powerful New York senator Roscoe Conkling by appointing William H. Robertson to the lucrative post of Collector of the Port of New York, starting a fracas that ended with Robertson's confirmation and Conkling's resignation from the Senate. Garfield advocated agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans. He also proposed substantial civil service reform, eventually passed by Congress in 1883 and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur, as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
On July 2, 1881, he was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington D.C. by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker. The wound was not immediately fatal for Garfield, but his doctors' uncleaned and unprotected hands are said to have led to infection that caused his death on September 19. Guiteau was convicted of the murder and was executed in June 1882; he tried to name his crime as simple assault by blaming the doctors for Garfield's death. With his term cut short by his death after only 200 days, and much of it spent in ill health trying to recover from the attack, Garfield is little-remembered other than for his assassination. Historians often forgo listing him in rankings of U.S. presidents due to the short length of his presidency.
behind president rutherford b hayes's grave
this time i walked to the back of the grave site out side the iron gate(s) and video the plots where 2 of his horses are at their names are old ned and old whitey, when i step back up against the iron gate(s) and film the small space between the 2 horses is bc one of two president hayes(s) greyhound dogs is buried there the plot is not marked but he is between old ned and old whitey some where the dog's name is grim.