James Buchanan's tomb at Woodward Hill Cemetery. Note taped to back: Monument picture - In the old S. Queen St. cemetery, Lancaster, Buchanan's grave lies in high ground overlooking the city where he spent so many happy years. Coming here in 1812 to read law he established a successful practise. he entered politics from Lancaster and returned there wheever possible during terms of pulic office.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
James Buchanan's tomb at Woodward Hill Cemetery. Written on back: Mr. I. Diller Miller, Barre Granite - Original was marble (Vermont), Restarted in 1958, Monument - oak leaves, There are no marble monuments available - Marble is now being put into buildings, Monument was cracked & split - It was copied exactly the same.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Bronze plaque naming important people buried in the graveyard at St. James Episcopal Church including George Ross, General Edward Hand, Edward Shippen, William Augustus Atlee, Colonel Matthias Slough, Major John Light, Lieutenant Wilder Bevins, Jasper Yeates, Robert Coleman and Stephen Chambers.
