James Buchanan Memorial
"Buchanan was a great president too," said absolutely no one - so why does he have a memorial?
"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.
It doesn't quite count as Hooverized, but when you get your own verb, you've probably earned your own elaborate gravesite.
The tomb of the man almost always ranked by presidential historians as our worst president is elegant and well-maintained.