"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" - stirring words, but also easy to take out of context if a photographer decides to crop his photos for that ridiculous and nefarious purpose.
"Buchanan was a great president too," said absolutely no one - so why does he have a memorial?
Do note that while the state did honor Pierce with a statue after fifty years or so, they made sure it was technically on city - not state - ground, as if to say, he's mostly yours, Concord.
Think of the place as a bit like improvised hospice for the dying president.
If you want to like Ike while in the DC area, take the Metro Yellow Line down to King Street station and walk a half mile or so through Alexandria to Eisenhower Circle, built to officially mark the start of the Eisenhower national expressway system.
It's an essential stop for those of us who visit presidential gravesites - the real fun starts outside, though, with the gargoyles.
Lyndon Johnson called the Texas Hill Country home - "it gives me serenity," he said - and if so, he's getting plenty of serenity now.
It doesn't quite count as Hooverized, but when you get your own verb, you've probably earned your own elaborate gravesite.
FDR is one of several presidents who came full circle – that is, they were buried on the same grounds on which they were born.
It's fitting that everything about the Dude President's final resting place is exquisite.
