This is the grave of Max Roach. Born in 1924 in Newland, North Carolina, Roach's family moved to Brooklyn in 1928. Roach became a musician from a very young age, his mother being a gospel singer. He took up the drums as his primary instrument...
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This is the grave of William Pinkney. Born in 1764 in Annapolis, he became a lawyer in 1786. He started his political career by being a member of the convention.
This is the grave of William Brennan. One of the key liberal jurists in Supreme Court history, Brennan was born in 1906 in Newark to Irish immigrants. His father did.
This is the grave of Paul Harvey. The famed radio host, voice of Middle America (TM), and right-wing crank was born in Tulsa in 1918. He was one of those people blessed with a good media voice and started working on the radio at the...
This is the grave of Clement Vallandigham. One of the most unknown yet important villains in American history, Vallandigham was born in 1820 in New Lisbon, Ohio and became involved.
This is the grave of William Niskanen. When I say mean things about how the field of economics is permanently damaged from being filled with servile lickspittles for capitalists, having.
This is the grave of Thomas Nast. The father of modern American political cartooning, Nast was born in 1840 in Germany. His father was something of a political radical and like many Germans who wanted greater freedom in this era, he moved to the United...
This is the grave of Paul Revere. Born in 1734 in Boston, Revere became an apprentice to his father, a silversmith, at the age of 13. He served briefly in.
This is the grave of Adolph Strasser. Born in 1843 or 1844 in what is today Hungary, Strasser emigrated to the United States in 1871 or 1872. He settled in.
This is the grave of Hugh Bennett. The father of American soil conservation, Bennett was born in 1881 in North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1903 and went to work on soil conservation. This was a major problem in American...
This is the grave of Matthew Brady. Probably born in 1822 in New York (there is a bit of conflicting testimony about both facts, with some believing he was born.
This is the grave of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Wilbur Wright was born in 1867 in Indiana and his younger brother Orville was born four years later in Dayton. Neither.