President #29: Warren G. Harding, d. 8/2/1923, age 57.

Our Presidential body count so far on this vacation:

1. Rutherford B. Hayes, in the verdant park behind his lavish museum in Fremont, OH
2. Millard Fillmore, in the same well-kept Buffalo cemetery as several Famous Names in Black History
3. Chester Arthur, in a dusty corner plot in Albany
4. Martin Van Buren, in an ancient burial ground a mile from his Dutch home church in Kinderhook, NY
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the grounds of Hyde Park
6. Grover Cleveland, alongside his fellow presidents of Princeton University
7. James Buchanan, alone on a hill in Lancaster, PA
8. William McKinley, under a seven-story dome in Canton, OH

…and now, two hours from the William McKinley Memorial and 3½ hours from home, we wended our way through a maze of lazy country highways and one construction detour to reach the final American President on our week-long tour. We had not saved the best for last.

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