Buried: Louisville, Kentucky
Died: July 9, 1850
See him: Serene. Peaceful. Respectful. Everything about the national cemetery named for Zachary Taylor is perfect.
Well, everything but one thing:
The hero of “Beuna Vista” was a somewhat uneven speller himself, so he probably doesn’t mind the typo on his memorial obelisk. But he might have minded being exhumed some 150 years after his death to see whether he’d been poisoned with arsenic back in 1850. (The tests said he wasn’t… probably.) Old Rough and Ready isn’t likely to leave the tomb again anytime soon, so you can (and should) pay him a visit next time you’re in Louisville.
