Benjamin Harrison Gravesite in Indianapolis, Indiana

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Come for the criminal; stay for the POTUS! 

Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (POTUS) and grandson of 9th POTUS William Henry Harrison. His tombstone says he was a “lawyer and publicist.” He was also a grizzled war veteran, ending up as Brigadier General of the US Army. He then became an Indiana state senator, then POTUS, being preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland. Feel free to look him up and see how busy and popular he was as president. While he was running for a second term in 1892, his dear wife Caroline died in the White House of tuberculosis. She was buried back home in Indiana at Crown Hill. Benjamin decided to be buried by her side nine years later, eschewing the grandeur of burial at Arlington National Cemetery. 

Outlaw John Dillinger is also buried at Crown Hill. Many people visit him without paying their respects to somebody who actually deserves respect. So when you visit Crown Hill Cemetery, make it a point to see the tomb of Benjamin Harrison, Indiana’s first (and, so far, only) POTUS.

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