President Garfield's Tomb

[@brober]

Poor man died an agonizing death due to medical incompetance. You can tell by the size and time it took to build the mausoleum the people of his day viewed Garfield's assasination the same way we viewed JFK's.

[@katherineraessyoung]

In the mid-1980's I lived across the street from this graveyard. Beautiful in the Springtime.

[@philip2010]

He got quite a send off What an incredible tomb that a Roman emperor would be proud of

[@SteffiReitsch]

Wow. It's really over the top. I'm astonished. People of the time were really upset by his murder. Somebody made a comparison to JFK, which seems appropriate. Imagine the cost to build that in today's money. So somebody's going to be paying an electric bill to keep the lights on forever?

[@philip2010]

@SteffiReitscjJFK has an eternal flame 🔥 actually that's his second burial site

[@SteffiReitsch]

@@philip2010 JFK has a hole in the ground, Garfield has a palace.

[@christopherdolotosky5255]

Thanks for posting. I planned on stopping at his house in mentor next week and will add this to my trip. I didn’t even know it existed

[@ghost.ranger1628]

I grew up in Cleveland and never knew that was there. I'm going to have to go there when I go back.

[@johnnytheyoungmaestro]

This is something I've really wanted to do since I found out President Garfield was buried here in Cleveland. I have to make it a New Year's Resolution for 2025 to go visit. Such a grand and beautiful final resting place.

[@kevinhoward9593]

He was assassinated in 1881.

[@philip2010]

I'm surprised the coffins are not in a sarcophagus and out in the open But in their in a caged crypt

[@justingantt9896]

For being so old, they're in surprisingly good condition.

[@babycakes1402]

We toured this in 2018, I find it interesting that these are the only two whos caskets are not burried, entombed or in some type of encasement. Yes, a misserable death but more from sepsis than the gunshot itself, but look at what they knew then compared to what we know now.

[@coolmoodee]

Quite the monument

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Fame and power is fleeting in this world. Say the name Garfield to the average American today and they will think of a lasagna eating orange cartoon cat🐱.

[@jamesjmcmahon]

I stole grave flowers from Lakeview Cemetary for my girlfriend while in high school.

[@johannesnicolaas]

A quite unknown president in such a huge tomb.. strange.

[@thomaschacko6320]

Garfield certainly deserved it. Born in Ohio into poverty. Worked his way through prep school (as a janitor). Graduated from Williams College in two years - with honours. Civil War veteran, Union officer, saw action in Kentucky, retired from service as Major General. Ohio state senate, then 17 years in Congress. As President, rooted out corruption in the Post Office. Spoke out in favour of education and civil rights for Black Americans. Wanted to increase US exports. A lunatic and a medical incompetent robbed us of a potentially good President.

[@ironkiller224]

I've been there

[@ironkiller224]

Never mind, I don't think I've actually been there🤣

[@sachertorte64]

Shouldn't they paint the brick walls? Paint is missing.