C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb’s 5 Favorite Presidential Grave Sites

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I am interested in presidential burial sites as well. I have been to 37 of the 38 president graves, and 24 of the 41 vice president graves. The only president grave remaining for me is Lyndon B. Johnson's in Stonewall, Texas. Personally, my favorite presidential burial site is James Garfield's In Cleveland, OH. It is very ornate and creepy. I was actually able to get right in with the presidential coffin too! The man who unlocked the surrounding cage told my dad and I that aside from Brian Lamb, we were the only people that asked to enter the gated area in 50 years. So that was cool.

Actually, I met Mr. LaBella almost six years ago, when I was just 9 years old. He opened the gate to TR's grave for me, which was really kind of him. That was my 11th president grave, and now here I am 26 president graves later.

I now have my own website, where I document all of my historical journeys. If you are reading this, Mr. LaBella, you appear in a video on my site if you would like to check it out. If anybody visits my website, I would be grateful if you sign my guestbook.

Thanks for a great article to read!

...Kurt Deion - Presidential Historian, Grave Hunter

www.kurtshistoricsites.com

Kurt Deion of RI 6:27PM May 11, 2010

As super for some 40 years and a retired teacher of 30 I am always interested in folks and their comments on TRs humble gravesite.I am honored to have known two of his children..Ethel and Archie. Everything up here is free 'cept burials,I conduct a short tour for those who want one,plus hand out free literature on TR and Me..he made me an activist.My most popular one,which ,down thru the years has become a collectors item,is of a sick girl holding a teddy bear with a note printed in the background from Ethel to me thanking me for condemning the play,Arsenic and old lace about to be performed at my school..this now is in all 50 states and some 27 nations of the world.I autograph it etc....NLB

Nick LaBella of NY 11:09PM March 19, 2010

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