Sunday, February 17, 2013


NYSHM's: It Happened HereAnswers to the Presidents Quiz

Well, you waited patiently for the Answers to the Presidents Marker Quiz.   Here they are.

  1. Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook
  2. Geo. Washington, Albany, Ft Edward, 
    Greenwich




  3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hyde Park
  4. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L.I.
  5. William Henry Seward, Florida 
    (Orange Co.)
     6.Teddy Roosevelt, Aiden's Lair
        (Adirondaks), Buffalo

     7. Chester Arthur, Colonie 
         (Albany Rural Cemetery)
      
    


       8.William Henry Seward, Auburn               

                   

       9. William McKinley, Buffalo                                                                

     10. Chester Arthur, Hoosic Falls







       11. Ulysses S. Grant, Mt.McGregor



                                                                                                                                                       

       12. Jimmy Carter, Highland Falls

          13. James Monroe, Sacketts Harbor


    14. Ulysses S. Grant, Goshen
    15. Grover Cleveland, Fayetteville
    16. Millard Filmore, Niles
    17. Grover Cleveland, Buffalo
    18. James Garfield, Poestenkill



    19. Chester Arthur, Newtonville


    20. George Washington, Fishkill  


                                                                                             


Marker of the Week
Ever had the impulse, after you have left
a job to want to keep in touch, just to make
sure your successor isn't screwing it up?
Gotta wonder if there wasn't some element of this, in this burial arrangement.

Can you imagine the poor preacher who is going along delivering his sermon and suddenly imagines he hears tapping... or worse, imagines his feet are getting hot ?!







E-Mail Me: If you have comments about this quiz, this blog or any other thing having to do with NYSHM's I would be delighted to hear from you. I would be especially interested if you know of any new or interesting markers or can report on any efforts to restore old markers. My email is


Next Week -- 
Citizen Genet,  and the Marker of the Week.

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