Season 3, Episode 15-James Buchanan’s Tomb

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Season 3, Episode 15: James Buchanan’s Tomb

Heading to the sloping graveyard at Woodward Hill, deep in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the gravesite of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. Learn about the controversial end to his Presidency, his embattled post-Presidency, his death, burial, and commemorations!

Make sure to listen to James Buchanan’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1,  “James Buchanan and Cove Gap” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to James Buchanan’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “James Buchanan and Wheatland” on his homes!

James Buchanan Grave from Woodward Hill Cemetery.

Grave of James Buchanan from Uncharted Lancaster.

From My July 2020 Visit!

The gravesite of James Buchanan in Woodward Hill
The well-manicured gravesite
Leading up to the tombstone
Footstone and headstone
Closeup of the tombstone

From My July 2021 Visit!

Marker for James Buchanan outside the cemetery
Entrance to Woodward Hill Cemetery
James Buchanan’s tombstone
James Buchanan’s gravesite

From My July 2022 Visit!

James Buchanan’s gravesite in the rain
The foot and gravetone
Soaked in the rain
With James Buchanan’s gravesite

From My July 2024 Visit!

The James Buchanan gravesite
Drought impacted gravesite
Foot and headstones
The James Buchanan gravesite
James Buchanan being removed from Wheatland

Historic Images of James Buchanan’s Tomb

With James Buchanan.
James Buchanan in Buchanan Park, Lancaster.
James Buchanan in Rapid City

James Buchanan gravesite: Woodward Hill Cemetery, 501 S. Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Recommended Reading for James Buchanan

Philip Klein, President James Buchanan: A Biography
Garry Boulard, The Worst President: The Story of James Buchanan.
John Quist, Editor, James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War.
Thomas Balcerski, Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan & William Rufus King.

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