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President's Graves/Tombs

I have visited the burial sites of all but eight Presidents: Millard Fillmore,  FranklinPierce, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.  Most of the graves are rather non-descript, marked by tombstones of various sizes.  Some are buried on the grounds of their plantations or homes.  Others are buried in local cemeteries. A couple are buried inside churches.  Some are buried on the grounds of their museum/libraries.      Of the burial sites I have visited, four stand out for the magnificence of the tombs: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield,  and William McKinley. I first visited Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, IL, in 1986.  I have since been back over a dozen times.  The first time, I was by myself.  I remember the hair on the back of my neck standing up and tears coming to my eyes, Probably more because of the significance of the man rater than the size and ornate structure of the tomb, which was very impress