Season 3, Episode 14-Franklin Pierce’s Tomb

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Season 3, Episode 14: Franklin Pierce’s Tomb

Heading to a quiet, unassuming cemetery in quiet, unassuming Concord, New Hampshire, and the gravesite of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States! Learn about his tragic post-Presidency, death, burial, and more!

Make sure to listen to Franklin Pierce’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1,  “Franklin Pierce and Hillsborough” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to Franklin Pierce’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Franklin Pierce and Concord” on his homes!

Franklin Pierce from Visit Concord, New Hampshire.

From My July 2020 Visit!

Franklin Pierce’s Tomb
Tracking down the tomb in Concord’s Old North Cemetery
Sign at the entrance for Franklin Pierce

From My July 2022 Visit!

At Franklin Pierce’s Tomb
Franklin Pierce’s Tomb
Franklin Pierce, flanked by his wife and sons
The original tombstone for Franklin Pierce
Photo of the original tombstone
Images from Hampshire Historical Society showing the first and second Franklin Pierce tombstone
At the site of the Pierce home in Concord where Franklin Pierce died in 1869.
With the marker on the site
With Franklin Pierce’s statue, in front of the New Hampshire statehouse
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce in Rapid City

Franklin Pierce Gravesite: Old North Cemetery, 141 N State Street, Concord, New Hampshire.

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Recommended Reading for Franklin Pierce

Roy Franklin Nichols, Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills.
https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Pierce-Martyr-Peter-Wallner/dp/0979078423/ref=sr_1_7?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4wPIVsvv943RoSNrQ0B01ykeVcvwC2FCSNP9elBrT40Cq6SLW-FgJWsYRBzn4p7B8AvPYRf8KG1rLCvCzrhB7c68d4q18qpOkF9NXLco7Crh92hZTLbzqROZpvFbEAO3KAXQorMgGMBgDSBLC_crPAGo9lArwIRg9tsAjaIzQhBCBfGGlXPkpBZKtFBAjWNWLt6K1GqYFh2SDsqiTMAfhOZlOhya2pOt3bYd509-Bsg._3AFZZE8KaIfGYSDT-YSl8glZZgVyQ8-7meTBgyXxiU&dib_tag=se&keywords=Franklin+Pierce&qid=1728009524&s=books&sr=1-7
Peter A Wallner, Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union.
Michael Holt, Franklin Pierce.
Garry Boulard, The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce: The Story of a President and the Civil War.

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