Just finished reading: The President is Dead

I just finished reading Louis Picone’s The President is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond. Despite the grim topic, this was a blast to read — partially because of a collaboration with Picone where he shared ten weird presidential death facts.

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Visiting with Chet

To mark the occasion of finishing The President is Dead!, I dragged my family to Chester Arthur’s grave at Albany Rural Cemetery. Arthur is buried alongside his wife (Nell), son (William Lewis Arthur who died at two and a half), daughter (Ellen Herndon Arthur), and in-laws.

Arthur called Nell “my little rebel wife.” Arthur was a life-long abolitionist, but she came from a wealthy Confederate family. Nell sadly died the year before he became president.

Their final resting place is beautiful. If you have the opportunity to visit, I highly recommend it. I took an official tour a few years ago and it was fascinating.

Have you read The President is Dead? Let me know what you thought in the comments … way, way below.

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