Friday, August 4, 2006

dead pres

+----------- Bizarre Presidential 'Grave' Facts ------------+  

Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.  

The only other president buried in Arlington: William Howard Taft.  

The only president buried in Washington, D.C. proper: Woodrow Wilson, who was laid to rest in the National Cathedral.  

The only president buried on the grounds of a state capitol: James Polk in Nashville, Tenn.  

The only presidents buried together: John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are in a basement crypt in Quincy, Mass.  

The two presidents who died on the same day: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826.  

The states with the most presidential burial sites: Ohio and Virginia (tie).

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