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Tuesday, May 31, 2005


Thinking about William McKinley on Memorial Day

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this McKinley's tomb? Who is buried there? Tell me and I'll let you know who's in Grant's tomb! (Both a couple of Ohio boys, eh?)

Judy Birmingham said...

Ha! Yes, amazingly enough, William McKinley is buried in the McKinley monument, along with his wife and two daughters. Now I will have to consult with my husband (the family expert on American presidents) as to whether Grant is an Ohio boy. I know I have passed by a graveyard somewhere in these parts, where a sign claims that Ulysses S. Grant's mother was buried there. But does that make Grant an Ohio Boy? And while it is not common knowledge, Grant is indeed buried in Grant's tomb. Or IS he??? ...A sequel to the Da Vinci code, perhaps, lies here...