Favorite Historical Figures: a Virtual Cemetery

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Favorite Historical Figures

As a history major passionate about her subject, you can imagine that I might grow attached to the people I study. This cemetery honors those figures of particular interest to me.

13 memorials

Abigail Smith* Adams*Famous Memorial Flowers have been left.

22 Nov 1744 – 28 Oct 1818

Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of...

Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Crypt

John AdamsFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

30 Oct 1735 – 4 Jul 1826

2nd United States President, first United States...

Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Basement Crypt

Emily Jane BronteFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

30 Jul 1818 – 19 Dec 1848

Author, Poet. She was one of three Bronte sisters...

Haworth, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Emily DickinsonFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

10 Dec 1830 – 15 May 1886

Poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the first...

Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Lot 53, Grave B

Howard HughesFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

24 Dec 1905 – 5 Apr 1976

Businessman, Motion Picture Producer, Director. He...

Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

Plot info: Oakdale Section

Laura Ingalls WilderFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

7 Feb 1867 – 10 Feb 1957

Pioneer, Author. Born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls in...

Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri, USA

Thomas JeffersonFamous Memorial Veteran Flowers have been left.

13 Apr 1743 – 4 Jul 1826

3rd United States President, 2nd United States...

Albemarle County, Virginia, USA

Robert F. Kennedy Sr.Famous Memorial Veteran Flowers have been left.

20 Nov 1925 – 6 Jun 1968

U.S. Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He...

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 45, Grave S-45-A

Abraham LincolnFamous Memorial Veteran Flowers have been left.

12 Feb 1809 – 15 Apr 1865

16th United States President. As newly elected...

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: The Lincoln Tomb

James K. PolkFamous Memorial Veteran Flowers have been left.

2 Nov 1795 – 15 Jun 1849

11th United States President. He was born on a...

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Victoria Adelaide Mary Saxe-CoburgFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

21 Nov 1840 – 5 Aug 1901

German Monarch. Born Victoria Adelaide Mary...

Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Henry David ThoreauFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862

Author. A transcendental believer, he lived his...

Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Almanzo James WilderFamous Memorial Flowers have been left.

13 Feb 1857 – 23 Oct 1949

Literary Subject. Born on February 13, 1857, near...

Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri, USA