Off to Buffalo, the adopted hometown of Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, where today he lies buried in a sprawling cemetery that includes Rick James! Learn about Millard Fillmore’s active post-Presidency, death, burial, and more!
Make sure to listen to Millard Fillmore’s“Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “Millard Fillmore and Moravia” on his birthplace!
Also, be sure to listen to Millard Fillmore’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Millard Fillmore and East Aurora” on his homes!
Millard Fillmore’s gravesite in Forest Lawn. The Fillmore plot, with Millard, his two wives, two children, and mother-in-lawMillard and Caroline’s foot markers beside the obelisk.The obelisk.Millard Fillmore gravesite. From a distance
From My July 2022 Visit!
Millard Fillmore gravesiteMarkers for Caroline and MillardOutside the fenceWith the obeliskAbigail’s gravestoneWith Millard’s epitaphMillard’s epitaph and basePicturesque settingMillard Fillmore gravesite
From My July 2024 Visit!
At the Millard Fillmore gravesiteBeyond the gateFlag blowing The obelisk and smaller markersFacing the children’s epitaphMarkers and obeliskWith the Fillmore obelisk From down the hillFacing Millard’s front
Millard Fillmore’s funeral.
Statler Hotel, the site of the Fillmore estate, where Millard Fillmore died in 1874.
Millard Fillmore in BuffaloMillard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore in Rapid City
Millard Fillmore gravesite: Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1900 Main Street, Buffalo, New York.
BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. My trip back to Ohio from Arizona, and the start of my New England swing! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Andrew Johnson and Raleigh""Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch""Lyndon Johnson and Stonewall"Homes"Franklin Pierce and Concord""Abraham Lincoln and Springfield""Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis""Calvin Coolidge and Northampton" for the Coolidge Homestead"Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs" for Campobello Island "Lyndon Johnson and the LBJ Ranch"Gravesites"Millard Fillmore's Tomb""Franklin Pierce's Tomb" "Abraham Lincoln's Tomb""Benjamin Harrison's Tomb" "Calvin Coolidge's Tomb""Lyndon Johnson's Tomb" Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
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