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Erik Visits an American Grave (IV)

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 31, 2015

I was driving through northwestern Connecticut yesterday. It was utterly lovely, with the leaves changing. An ideal bucolic American landscape. Among the nice places I drove through was the town of Sharon, near the New York border. But as I drove through, a horrible smell...

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Erik Visits an American Grave (III)

By Erik Loomis

On October 28, 2015

This is the grave of James Buchanan. Buchanan was arguably the worst president in American history. A follower of Andrew Jackson, with all the commitment to white supremacy that entailed,.

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Erik Visits an American Grave (II)

By Erik Loomis

On October 27, 2015

In my seemingly constant travel (thanks to academic stuff and a wife working in a different state, not because I am actually traveling for fun, mostly) around this great land,.

Running in Cemeteries

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 31, 2014

I find cemeteries pretty fascinating places for a number of reasons. First, I have a bit of a weird hobby of visiting the graves of random famous people from American history that interest me in some way. You can only imagine how much my wife...

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Henry Clay Frick

By Erik Loomis

On August 23, 2013

I was in Pittsburgh for like 3 hours yesterday. What to do in the Steel City? I know, visit the grave of American supervillain Henry Clay Frick! This was a.