Every time we so much as touch a toe out of state , I ’ve put cemeteries on our travelling itinerary . From garden - similar expanses to overgrown thrill hills , whether they ’re the final resting place of the well - known but not that important or the important but not that well - known , I bonk them all . After understand that there are a lot of taphophiles out there , I ’m finally putting my archive of interesting tombstones to near enjoyment .
For one of theleast - liked presidentsin account , Warren G. Harding has a heck of a gravesite in Marion , Ohio . As even the official White House sitenotes , Harding ’s presidency was " fraught with scandal . ” From the Teapot Dome bribery scandal to fornication accusation that would make Bill Clinton blush ( seemingly , Harding referred to his phallus as “ Mount Jerry ” ) , Harding did very small to endear himself to the public during the 29 calendar month of his presidential term .
Despite his shortcoming , Harding go while in office — he had a cerebral hemorrhage following a plethora of other health job — and when that happens , the great unwashed be given to reply lavishly . ( See James Garfield . ) Private donors contributed $ 978,000 to construct the massive memorial depict above . Some $ 200,000 of it came fromchildrenwho mail in their pennies .
Like other presidents who die or were vote down while in office , Harding ’s torso go on a train tour from the Capitol through many small towns and big city before arriving at his hometown of Marion , Ohio . The memorial you see here was still in the planning phase , so his casket was placed in the receiving vault instead . When Florence Harding excrete away a year after her married man , she , too was placed in the receiving vault . They were moved to their final resting place on December 21 , 1927 .
The laughable matter is , Harding himself probably would have opposed the munificent gravesite . He request a simple burying under a tree and the assailable sky — and while the designer train great pains to ensure these wishes were technically honored , they may have slenderly embellished the ease .
Peruse all the entries in our Grave Sightings serieshere .
