U.S. Presidential Burial Sites II Quiz

Answer: Father and son

John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are both buried in Quincy, MA. They were the first father and son to be elected to the presidency. (I have read that George H. W. Bush would, on occasion, jokingly refer to George W. Bush as "Quincy" in reference to this.) Quincy, MA is sometimes called "The City of Presidents" as it is the only city in the US in which two presidents were born and are buried.

Answer: New York City

Late in life, the Grants moved to NYC. At the time of his death, he was nearly bankrupt. The outpouring of respect, admiration, and donations from veterans of the Civil War paid for his great mausoleum in New York's Riverside Park. By the latter part of the 20th Century the tomb had fallen into a state of disrepair. It was restored and rededicated in 1997.

Answer: Buffalo, NY

Fillmore died at his home in Buffalo in 1874 and is buried Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. Soul/Rock/Funk singer Rick James, who died in 2004, is also buried in this cemetery.

In 1901, William McKinley was shot in Buffalo while attending the Pan-American Exposition.

Answer: Andrew Johnson

For many years, Andrew Johnson was the answer to the question "Who is the only president to be impeached?", though he no longer holds that distinction. After leaving the presidency, Johnson returned to Tennessee and was re-elected to the US Senate in 1874. He died in 1875 and is buried in Greenville, TN.

Greeneville is in eastern Tennessee and was chosen as the capitol city of the never-admitted state of Franklin.

Answer: Concord, NH

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president, in 1852, and is generally considered one of our less effective presidents. He was from New Hampshire but showed strong southern sympathies which damaged his ability to work with the northern majority. When he failed to be renominated by the Democrats in 1856, he reportedly said, "There is nothing left to do but get drunk." He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1869 and was buried in Concord, NH.

Concord. MA is, of course, where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.

Answer: Princeton, NJ

Grover Cleveland is, of course, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Most of his political career was spent in New York, but he was born in New Jersey and returned there after leaving the White House. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery which is operated by the Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Answer: Herbert Hoover

Hoover was a professional engineer and served as Commerce Secretary under Harding and Coolidge. When he was elected in 1928, he had never held elective office before.

West Branch is in eastern Iowa and is home to the Herbert Hoover National Historical Site, run by the National Park Service and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, run by the National Archives and Records Administration. The library also holds the documentary legacy of Rose Wilder Lane and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Answer: John Kennedy

Taft was the first president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery and JFK was the second. JFK's grave is marked with an "eternal flame" and is the most often-visited grave site in Arlington other than those of the Unknown Soldiers.

Answer: TR in Oyster Bay and FDR in Hyde Park

TR was uncle to Eleanor Roosevelt (her maiden name also) and gave her away at the marriage of FDR and Eleanor (they were cousins). Homes of both presidents are run by the National Park Service and open to the public. Oyster Bay is on Long Island and Hyde Park is north of NYC on the Hudson River.

Answer: To minimize the risk of the body being stolen

Over the years, there had been several attempts to "kidnap" Lincoln's corpse with the intent of holding it for ransom. The re-internment was to minimize this from occurring. The Lincoln Tomb is found in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. The recently constructed Lincoln Library and Museum are found in downtown Springfield.